"I didn't react at the time. I thought Fourteen was really anxious, but how could a anxious person dare to run away? It was all over the place. Looking at him like that, when I took him to Nan Wu Institute, I was still a little confused...
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Brother Jiu said to Shu Shu.
Shu Shu looked outside, the dark clouds dispersed, and the sun was high in the sky.
Children cannot endure hardship, so it is normal for them to want to be lazy.
"Don't tell me, at such an old age, it is the time to save face."
Although Shu Shu also laughed, she still persuaded her kindly.
It’s true that Brother Fourteen is a naughty kid, but you can tell who is the naughty boy.
He's quite cute when he's being mean to others.
Brother Jiu nodded and said: "I won't expose him, but if I can react, others will think of this."
Shu Shu called Xiaotang over and asked her to put the sour plum soup, mung bean paste, osmanthus herbal tea, etc. prepared in the dining room into buckets, as well as clean watermelon, cantaloupe, peaches and other fruits, plus the ready-made meat in the dining room.
Preserved meat, pastry, and a total of about ten food boxes were prepared.
Then the ninth elder brother didn't go there, so He Yuzhu took the people and followed the fourteenth elder brother to deliver the things to the underworld.
The trip from the potato field to Beiwusuo was nearly four miles, plus preparations and other things. The round trip took half an hour.
The princes looked even more embarrassed.
Each one is as wilted as dehydrated cabbage.
Seeing He Yuzhu bringing someone over with something, everyone stopped in unison.
"Pa", Brother Ten sat down on the ground, breathing heavily.
Strength is strength, but who has done this before?
Bending down to dig is different from practicing an arrow with a string.
The weather is also steaming right now, and the space between heaven and earth is like a big steamer.
He was sweating constantly and his mouth was dry.
His eunuch Wang Ping'an was beside him, looking towards the emperor with worry on his face.
The fourteenth elder brother and He Yuzhu have already arrived in front of the emperor.
Kangxi looked at the dozen or so food boxes and asked He Yuzhu to open them out of curiosity.
As a result, there were four kinds of drinks, four kinds of melons and fruits, four kinds of dried meat snacks, and four kinds of pastries.
There are also two food boxes specifically for towels, one box soaked in clean water and one box of dry towels.
Seeing his brothers exhausted to death, the fourteenth elder brother felt a little guilty and said: "Khan Ama, the ninth elder brother has prepared these, so why don't you ask your elder brothers to come over and pad the pad?"
Kangxi did not respond immediately, but looked at everyone.
Except for the tenth elder brother who was sitting directly on the ground, the fourth elder brother's face was pale and he looked a little unsteady on his feet.
Brother Thirteen's hand holding the shovel handle was also shaking.
The remaining four looked okay, but they were just okay.
It was as if he had been washed with water, and his breathing was no longer easy.
Kangxi nodded and said to his fourteenth brother: "Call!"
Brother Fourteen immediately went over and said in a loud voice: "Brother Ninth has prepared a lot of drinks and food. Brothers, come over and eat..."
In addition to the eldest brother, the tenth elder brother stood up and left. The fourth elder brother also handed the shovel to Su Peisheng. The prince, the third elder brother, the eighth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother did not move.
The four of them were halfway through digging potatoes, with only one-third left.
After suffering a lot, I became afraid and didn't dare to stop, for fear that I wouldn't be able to do it all at once.
These four brothers are all strong at heart. They don't want to be in the top three, but they can't bear to give up halfway.
They were worried that doing so would affect the emperor's father's perception of them and show their timidity in front of other brothers.
The fourteenth elder brother said again: "Khan Amma ordered it!"
Only these four people moved.
At this moment, the eldest brother and the fourth brother had arrived in front of the emperor.
"Khan Ama..."
After the eldest brother finished calling people, he sat cross-legged on the ground, touched his forehead randomly, and said: "My son finally understood what 'sweat dripping from the soil' means today. Not everyone is a farmer."
I can do it."
He was in the prime of life and had great strength, but he felt ecstasy after digging potatoes from less than a piece of land.
But for farmers, everyone, regardless of gender, old or young, works so hard.
Kangxi said: "People's livelihood is difficult, that's what I'm talking about. In the capital area, people still have no way to feed themselves, let alone remote areas. If improved seeds are promoted, a few more people can live in the hungry years."
The eldest brother listened with solemn expression on his face and said: "Khan Amma is kind and caring, so he attaches great importance to this matter. My sons have also been taught today. In the future, they should also think about frugality when eating and drinking, and not be extravagant or wasteful."
of manpower and material resources.”
The tenth elder brother also sat next to the elder brother, his face flushed from the sun and his forehead was covered with sweat.
He didn't interrupt, but he was making calculations in his mind.
If we really want to popularize corn and potatoes, our Ninth Brother will not only get all the credit, but he will also get one credit.
No matter how it is, most of the hardship has been given to the fourth elder brother.
Look what kind of mess the fourth elder brother has become.
I was already thin, but now I am even thinner and darker, as if I have aged several years.
By the time the fourth elder brother came over with small steps, the eldest elder brother and the tenth elder brother had already wiped their hands, finished drinking the sour plum soup, and were munching on the watermelon.
Fourth Brother's waist is still straight, but his body is also washed.
When Kangxi saw his look, he knew he was very tired, so he pointed to the other side and said, "Sit down and have a rest."
Brother Si's face was a little stiff.
Afraid of sitting down and being unable to get up.
Su Peisheng followed beside him, not knowing whether to help or not.
Brother Fourteen was also eating the watermelon, but instead of sitting, he squatted.
Seeing the fourth elder brother standing next to him, he was unhappy and said: "Fourth brother, Khan Ama is sitting down. Are you asking Khan Ama to raise his head and speak?"
The fourth elder brother then straightened his waist and sat carefully.
Kangxi said: "The one acre of land next to us has been cleared and weighed. A total of four thousand and twelve kilograms and four taels of potatoes have been harvested."
After hearing this, the fourth elder brother smiled and said: "In arid land, even if there is only half of the harvest, it will still be two thousand catties."
Kangxi nodded and said: "Even if we can't make food and can only use it for cooking, it will be good for our family to save dozens of kilograms of food."
The great thing about this potato is that you don’t need to plant it in patches like millet or rice. As long as one seedling is alive, you can harvest more than two kilograms of potatoes.
In this way, as long as you take out one field, you can harvest two to three hundred kilograms of potatoes.
At this time, the prince, the third elder brother, the eighth elder brother, and the thirteenth elder brother also came over.
Everyone got up.
The prince patted the fourth brother on the shoulder and said: "Potatoes are good. If we can promote them, we can also provide enough food in times of disaster."
He is the crown prince of the country, so he naturally knows the importance of food.
They look like black pimples and look bad in color, but from this look, even if you haven't eaten them, you can probably guess that they are similar to yam or taro.
That would be great.
Because the output is really too high.
"Khan Ama, one point is two, three hundred pounds can't hold it down..."
The prince said excitedly: "My son has only dug more than half a minute, and there are already three baskets of potatoes."
Kangxi nodded and said, "The yield next to me was weighed just now. The yield per mu is 4,012 kilograms."
The third elder brother and the eighth elder brother both took a breath of air.
They knew very well that the potatoes and corns were set up by the ninth elder brother last year, and were cut off by the fourth elder brother.
How much credit does such a high yield, trial planting, and promotion deserve?!
The prince was excited and said: "The prosperous age is peaceful, nothing more than this."
It is said that it is auspicious for the Ninth Prince to have three children from one child, but what kind of auspiciousness is that?
These multiple births are originally passed down from mother to daughter, and more often from father to son.
The current yield per acre is 4,000 kilograms, which is truly auspicious.
The thirteenth elder brother was very tired, but after hearing the prince's words, he also laughed.
Since the Northern Tour the year before last, he has been among the retinues of the Holy Emperor when he has been out of Beijing for the past three years. He has seen more and knows how difficult it is for ordinary people.
For the common people, having enough food and clothing is the simplest wish.
The eighth elder brother looked at the fourth elder brother, feeling very complicated.
Is Fourth Brother really selfless, or has he seen what is happening today?
He was very confused.
If he hadn't been estranged from Ninth Brother, he would be Ninth Brother's most trusted brother. Even if someone took over the grain planting experiment, shouldn't it be him?
There are also the hundreds of thousands taels of silver and the hoarding of land in Xiaotangshan.
He got the news a few days ago and knew that Brother Jiu paid dividends to everyone on a one-to-one basis.
The eighth prince was so angry that his upper teeth were broken.
Thinking that Fourth Brother had taken advantage of him and was about to get a big reward, his mouth felt bitter and the corners of his mouth tightened.
Brother Fourteen was handing towels to everyone. When he arrived at Brother Eight, he looked at him and said, "Brother Eight, are you angry? Are there blisters on the corners of your mouth? There weren't any there just now?"
In a word, everyone looked at the eighth prince.
Brother Ba couldn't see it himself, so he touched the corner of his mouth and found that there were indeed two blisters the size of mung beans.
He said sarcastically: "Maybe it was done in the sun."
The fourth elder brother next to him was eating watermelon. He didn't even take two bites, but he started retching. Then he took two steps back and spit it out with a "wow" sound.
Seeing that his face was pale and he was sweating like rain, which was a symptom of heatstroke, Kangxi hurriedly ordered Liang Jiugong: "Give Si elder brother two benevolence pills."
Liang Jiugong responded, and stepped forward to feed Brother Si with two benevolence pills.
With all this commotion, there was no way to dig out the remaining potatoes.
Kangxi said: "Okay, let's go back and freshen up. At noon, go to the North Fifth House for dinner and see the potato feast that the ninth elder brother said."
Everyone agreed.
Kangxi glanced at his fourth elder brother and said, "Do you want to use a chariot?"
The fourth elder brother hurriedly said: "No, my son is fine. It's just that the noodles he had for breakfast were a bit hard."
Kangxi nodded, said no more, and looked at the prince.
Others just paid it forward, and they all used Beiwusuo's food, but the prince did not.
This is not only the case at Beiwu Institute, but also at other elder brother institutes where the prince rarely goes there.
The prince thought of his "little brother" and said: "Khan Ama, after my son has washed up, go to Wuyizhai to pick up the fifteenth and sixteenth elder brothers, and go there to see them together?"
He thought of the two years when his fifteenth elder brother was raised in Yuqing Palace.
Before, he really thought it was for the princess to beg for a son, and he even sneered at it in his heart.
After all, Yuqing Palace already had two grandsons at that time.
Now that I think about it, I am so stupid.
Fortunately, the Crown Princess was considerate, her uncle and sister-in-law were close, and she had raised her fifteenth brother well, otherwise I might have been marked down by the Emperor's father.
Kangxi was a little surprised, but still nodded and said: "Okay."
He was already planning to take his two young sons on a northern tour, so it would be a good idea to let them get close to their brothers in advance...