"Lao Fang... I heard that your three disciples are going to take the exam."

After researching, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but talk to Fang Jifan.

"Yes, pointing at them to support me." Fang Jifan lay on the stone table, looking at the composition on the paper, and focused on it.

"I can provide you with retirement." Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "We can study science until we grow old."

Fang Jifan looked up at Zhu Houzhao, then lowered his head: "This is different."

"Why are they different?" Zhu Houzhao asked.

Fang Jifan said seriously: "Three disciples are equivalent to my three sons. It is natural for a son to support his father in his old age."

"But we are brothers." Zhu Houzhao smacked her tongue and said angrily: "I am very loyal."

"I can't say it." Fang Jifan shook his head again: "It's better for my son to be more reliable."

Zhu Houzhao grinned her teeth: "I also heard that you made a bet with someone and you will definitely lose. Then Tang Yin is Jieyuan of Yingtian Prefecture."

Fang Jifan didn't want to bless him.

Zhu Houzhao lowered his head and studied his 'science' for a long time: "You said that fireworks can lift firecrackers into heaven, can they lift people into heaven?"

Fang Jifan looked at Zhu Houzhao in horror. His Royal Highness was indeed smart. He actually thought through the principles of the Rockets: "In theory, yes."

Zhu Houzhao's eyes shone: "But if a man ascends to heaven, will he fall to death?"

"Just carry an umbrella for him, but in fact, you can let Liu Jin give it a try." Fang Jifan thought about it.

Zhu Houzhao became excited: "Okay, I can't wait. But... can I borrow some money?"

"Borrow money?" Fang Jifan looked at Zhu Houzhao suspiciously, "You are so funny, you are the prince."

Zhu Houzhao said laughing and cryingly: "My father's monthly routine is pitiful, and there are quite a few offerings from the Zhan Shi Mansion. But sometimes, the palace asked Liu Jin and the others to go out to buy some food. Who knows that after winter, the price soared. Liu Jin said that in the past, a bunch of candied haws cost only a few cents, but now it costs more than thirty cents."

Fang Jifan was amazed at the ears, saying that this is a robbery.

Is this guy Liu Jin corrupt?

Zhu Houzhao said: "He said it was heavy snow for days, and many fruits and vegetables were reduced in yields, so prices soared."

Fang Jifan suddenly realized that he had wronged Liu Jin. Liu Jin didn't dare to put his abacus on Zhu Houzhao.

As the eldest young master of the Fang family, Fang Jifan was indeed a little uninhabited. At this time, he remembered something. The impact of the Little Ice Age was not just as simple as keeping warm in winter. Because the winter was too long and the Mid-Autumn Festival began to snow before it came. This cold weather lasted for only half a year, and crops were bound to be reduced. Fortunately, the grain production area of ​​the Ming Dynasty was mainly in the Jiangnan area, which was in a temperate zone after all, and the situation was slightly better. Grain could be sent to the capital through the Grand Canal. In addition, Emperor Hongzhi's efforts to govern at least can ensure the supply of grain to the military and civilians.

But fruits and vegetables are different. This thing has not had a long shelf life, and now the grain production is reduced significantly. It is impossible to encourage them to send a variety of fruits and vegetables to the capital. The area in the capital is covered with heavy snow all year round, so no fruits and vegetables can survive.

Therefore, even the prices of some fruits and vegetables that are cold-resistant during the season have skyrocketed to an outrageous level.

The horror of this Little Ice Age may not be understood by later generations, or in other words, even in later generations, the technical means at that time could barely guarantee production, but in this small peasant era, the impact was huge, and even the demise of the Ming Dynasty, the contribution of the Little Ice Age was quite large. Because of this extreme weather, many places in the north had no harvest, and a large number of people became refugees. The refugees accumulated more, and finally gathered into a torrent and ravaged the world.

Take a deep breath...

Fang Jifan smelled the business opportunity: "Your Highness, we may be getting rich."

"Ah..." Zhu Houzhao looked at Fang Jifan in surprise.

Fang Jifan said: "If we can plant fresh fruits and vegetables at this time, will we make a fortune?"

When Zhu Houzhao heard the word "get rich", his blood suddenly burst out with excitement.

"Get rich, bring me some fruits and vegetables with melons and fruits... What kind of fruits can you plant at this time?"

Fang Jifan squinted his eyes, greenhouse... He used greenhouses to create a greenhouse environment, so what kind of melons and fruits cannot be planted?

At this time, all the people faded out of their population. It would be fine for ordinary people to have enough food. However, the wealthy families in the capital were like dogs, and the powerful people were walking all over the ground. No matter which mansion was in need of a large amount of delicacies.

What is the delicacies of mountains and sea? The key is rare. For example, when the melons eaten in summer can you eat a bite in this season when even vegetables are scarce. Isn’t this the delicacies of mountains and sea?

What is a rich family? A rich family is just eating what others cannot eat and buying what others cannot afford.

Take a deep breath: "We have to try it first. The old rules are the one who invests half of the shares, but first, we have to study it first. It is necessary that this place is in the city, and it is too far away to take care of it."

"Yes." Zhu Houzhao was very real. Fang Jifan said he could make a fortune, so he believed: "There are some in Zhan Shi's mansion, and the back garden. When you go to the back garden, there are many flowers and plants there, and Liu Jin and the others have all pulled them away."

Very courageous!

Fang Jifan liked to cooperate with His Royal Highness the Prince. How could he say that he could do something crazy? The back garden of Zhan Shi Mansion covers a huge area, but the flowers and plants there were planted by countless masters for countless hard work. Every flower and tree was spent, and I don’t know how many people were thinking.

That's a garden, no, it should be called Yuanlin!

But...whatever he is not Yuan Lin from his own family, so why are you worried about?

The most important thing now is to find a place and try it first. The prince is here every day, and he will come to serve every day. Once he succeeds, the place where he purchased wasteland near the coal mine will be used. When he purchased wasteland, he was worried that coal could be harvested in that area so that people would get a share of the pie, but now it can be used.

Fang Jifan cheered up: "This is easy to deal with. Now, we shovel out dozens of acres of land, dig out a kiln, burn bricks, build a greenhouse, and open the flue. Anyway, anthracite is not valuable. Heat the flue and cover it with the top..."

What should I cover it with? There is no transparent plastic cloth in this era.

Glass is OK, colorless and transparent, and has strong lighting performance, but you can't build a glass workshop just because of the current test field.

The purpose of this field is to verify the feasibility of greenhouses in the Ming Dynasty. Glass must be burned. Anyway, the production cost of this thing is low. In the future, large-scale planting can be used, and perhaps it can be sold with glass.

But now, it cannot take so much effort.

Fang Jifan squinted his eyes and saw the window of the attic hall of Zhan Shi Mansion not far away. This window was made of glazed glass, not ordinary people's paper windows. glazed glass was actually glass, but it was not transparent and colorless. To a certain extent, the light transmittance was actually pretty good.

Just it.

"That...the glazed window was removed and covered with the greenhouse, and then it was breeding. This is easy. Let's try growing watermelons first. Speaking of which, I want to eat melons."

Zhu Houzhao was very excited and did it as soon as he said that, rolling up his sleeves: "I will go and call the craftsman."

Making money is a wrongful act deep in Zhu Houzhao's heart. Although this sacrificial thing is obviously not sure how much it will cost for this experimental field, such as the valuable glass, the expenses of large-scale construction, and the precious flowers and plants in the back garden.

As for experiments, there must be sacrifices, and after large-scale planting, the cost will plummet.

Fang Jifan comforted himself like this, and this way, he seemed to feel more comfortable in his conscience.

…………

The spring exam is approaching.

Ouyang Zhi and the other two were ready to go.

Over the past few months, they have written countless articles.

Wait until the ninth day of the second month.

They got up early, but saw that the mentor was rare, so they got up early and waited for them in the front yard.

Ouyang Zhi and the other two stepped forward and saluted their mentor solemnly.

Fang Jifan looked at them with relief and said, "Take a good exam."
Chapter completed!