Chapter 1,443 Su Song takes medicine

Corn and sweet potatoes were not mentioned by the Duke of Shu. They were the crops that the two young masters sent to Zhuangzi the most, more than ginseng and tree bark.

So Zhang Er thought that maybe he could try these two things.

It's almost the end of the New Year. During the winter holidays in the past few years, several young masters have come to Zhuangzi to spend the winter. Everyone lives in Zhuangzi, except for one of them, the second young master Zhao, who spends the night at the eldest princess's house every day.

Thinking of this, Zhang Er felt a little angry, thinking that this was the eldest princess's distrust of him, but in the sky and on the earth, he was not angry, but there was nothing he could do.

However, Prince Consort Zhang remained as genial as ever. He secretly came to the village to take a bath and roast beggar's chicken, making the Su's village just like his own home.

The reason is very strong. The naturally growing moss marks on the shadow wall of the Sujia hot spring pool, as well as the silhouettes of bamboo and orchids, are of great help in improving painting skills.

Therefore, Zhang Er felt in his heart that although Prince Consort Zhang and the eldest princess of the country of Ji liked the good things from Shunzhuangzi, they were amiable and lovely, and were more lovable than the eldest princess of the state of Shu, who was a bit "tight" in everything.

Shaking his head and throwing away these thoughts, Zhang Er told the bankers: "Today we have to tidy up the room. Kill the pigs that deserve to be killed first, and the fish that deserve to be hunted first."

"Remember to leave two big pigs and a pond for the prince-in-law and the young masters to play with."

"Young Mistress is not here. I think the nobles and young masters are a bit worried about hunting this year. Today I am going to discuss matters with the two village managers and drive the prey towards Beishan first."

"Also, the young masters' ice boots and equipment must be taken out and maintained. The papers, inks, pens and pigments used for calligraphy and painting are the life of the prince-in-law, and nothing can go wrong."

"Those ugly chickens and ducks are fed solid porcelain, and their eggs are sent to the incubator. They are all the treasures of the county prince. You can't just ignore them because they are ugly!"

"There are also those potatoes and cold potatoes. We have to inspect the cellar every day. The young master has brought back things from thousands of miles away. If anyone makes a mistake, he will bring it back to the young master to compensate for it next time!"

As people start to get older, their mouths start to become broken. After saying so much, they still feel uneasy: "I will plant those things in the spring next year, and I must take good care of them. Everything is as the master said!"

"The two young masters have done something big this time. There is not a single good word in the official letter. Everyone should be cautious."

"Don't flatter me when you see me. When the time comes, the two young masters will run away again. You are the only ones asking! Do you understand?"

After understanding it, everyone dispersed in a hurry and went about their own business.

Zhang Er looked at the sky, muttered that he didn't know if he would be able to go on the ice this year, and headed up to the other two palaces.

As a result, we had been looking forward to this for a long time. On the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the two eldest princesses and Prince Consort Zhang arrived at Weishi with the Second Young Master Zhao, Young Master Jiayan and the unseen eldest princess.

The two young masters did not arrive, only Lu Ruo and Zhang Qilang arrived earlier.

Zhang Er inquired with Zhang Qi and found out that the two young masters had been awarded official positions by His Majesty and were still familiar with their duties. They would come back later this year.

It wasn't until the twenty-third of the twelfth lunar month that a group of horses and a few cars came outside the village.

But it was Su Song who led several juniors back, along with Chen Zhaoming and Su Xiaomei.

During this period of time, Su Song taught Su Song how to use the cans and chairs, because according to statistics from the Hangzhou Shipping Department, the rate of maritime accidents is still quite high overseas. This time, the Zuoheluo was able to successfully travel back and forth, which was the largest.

A little bit, it still depends on timing and luck.

They chose April, the calmest month on the ocean, to set out, but when they came back, they chose the trade wind belt at low latitudes, just to avoid the bad weather.

As for the judgment of the westerly belt, a few experts obviously underestimated its power. On the contrary, Chen Zhaoming deduced that there is a continent thousands of miles away that blocks the ocean current, and it turned out to be very accurate.

There are benefits to the Su family's early wisdom, but the flat jars can almost be called reckless behavior.

In other words, Zhao Xu gave Su You a huge amount of face and used the Zhongzhi to cover up the sins of several people. Otherwise, the imperial censors would never let them off so easily.

Their actions had a serious impact on the situation of the DPRK, causing Zhao Kai to close the door and Su You to maintain control.

Fortunately, the ending was good. Their safe return and huge discovery directly led to Zhao Xiaoyi being pinned to the military plane again by Zhao Xu, forcing Zhao Kai to express his stance and express his firm support for the big brother by asking for help.

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How many people were involved, how much efforts were made, how much communication and compromise Su You made with the big bosses of all parties, were unknown to the two children.

But what can be said has been said in Bianjing City. When they arrived at Zhuangzi, Su Song just got off the horse and his first sentence was: "Take me to the cellar."

Zhang Er was stunned for a moment: "Uncle Zong, we have cooked sweet potatoes and corn, and they look the same at the dinner table..."

"What?!" With Su Song's self-control, he raised his whip at this moment: "You dare to eat it?!"

"No, no, no, no..." Zhang Er quickly held his head and begged for mercy, but his next words made Su Song even more angry: "We must wait until everyone arrives before we start the dinner..."

Bian Guo quickly pulled Su Song back: "Uncle, don't worry, there are a lot of sweet potatoes and corn, Zhang Er and the others can't cook much..."

After saying that, he winked at Zhang Er: "Hurry up and prepare the food. I will take my uncle to see the new crops."

The Su family cellar is the layout of a villa basement in later generations. It is not the kind where you just dig a kiln and it's done.

After ventilation, Bian Guan took Su Song to the basement.

The seeds and roots are all kept here, and huge wooden boxes are stacked neatly under the bright gas lamp.

Chen Zhaoming introduced to Su Song: "There are more than fifty kinds of crops brought back from Dongsheng Prefecture this time. In addition to here, the two eldest princesses also have a lot of them in their houses."

"The flat pots and chairs were carefully recorded. In addition to the crops themselves, they also recorded the latitude and planting methods."

"For example, cocoa and some fruits have been sent to Zhang Kai in Nanhai. What is abundant in Zhuangzi now is corn, potatoes, quinoa, and pumpkins."

"Jingyam is not suitable for cultivation in the latitude of Bianjing, but Tianshi Mansion discovered that the vines of jingyam are indeed poisonous, so they were stored here and did not dare to stay in Hangzhou."

Su Song picked up a corn cob and said: "It is indeed larger than the grain in China. What is the yield per mu?"

Bian Guan said: "They all practice slash-and-burn farming, but the yield is not low. The yield per mu can be two to three hundred catties."

Su Song's eyes lit up: "The Shetian method can be used as an acre of farmland..."

The chair said: "Like sweet potatoes and potatoes, they are also grown on slopes. I see that their lands are obviously quite dry, but they still have harvests. And their good lands are mostly used to grow various beans."

Su Song dug open the sandbox and took out a round root tuber: "Is this a sweet potato or a potato?"

"Potato, sweet potato is this..." Flat Can quickly dug out a small red-skinned root tuber from another sand box: "This thing is about one or two fingers thick. The yield of both is higher than that of corn, and because the tuber is buried in

Underground, the yield is more stable than corn."

"Sweet potato vines can also be used as vegetables and feed."

Su Song is a pioneer in science and engineering. Seeing is believing in everything. The experimental data speaks for itself. After hearing this, he just nodded: "Next year, follow the farming method your father said and try to plant these three crops. I will take a look at ginseng and

Cinchona bark.”

The voyage of Bian Guan and his companions did not trigger any dispute between North Korea and China over their authenticity. In addition to various complete logbooks, geographical discoveries and physical materials collected, the most important thing was the ship's worth of five million gold and silver.

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Zhao Xu took away the gold and silver honestly and politely, but he was too embarrassed to bully Wazi anymore. He only took a small amount of ginseng and cinchona bark and gave it to the Imperial Pharmacy Bureau to verify the medicinal properties, and the rest was generously counted as their "labor" in flat jars.

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Su Song couldn't believe it when he saw ginseng: "I came from Shangdang with ginseng. Later, Shangdang dug it up and started importing Liaoning ginseng and Korean ginseng."

"Nowadays, ginseng is becoming increasingly rare in both places. One of this size... is even rare to buy in Beijing."

Zhang Qi smiled and said: "Yes, there have been too many dignitaries asking for ginseng recently. The young master wrote a letter saying that ginseng is medicine, and medicine is to save people. He asked his family to collect a hundred or so of the largest ones, and simply sent the rest to Sitong Company.

In the auction house, the biggest buyers are Daxiangguo Temple and Tianshi Mansion."

Daxiangguo Temple is a real purchase, Tianshi Mansion is a trust to raise the price, the Su family likes to cheat the monks, and Tianshi Mansion is half selling and half giving away the friendship price.

Su Song looked at the fat ginseng stick in his hand: "What doctors pay attention to is that medicines should be targeted to the symptoms. The so-called ox puffball, the skin of a broken drum, is the best medicine."
Chapter completed!