All Hail Cousin Brother

Cotton is a strategic reserve material of the Great Zhou Kingdom. Its sale and purchase are controlled by the imperial court, and it is very scarce. There are quotas for civilian traders to buy and sell cotton. It is bitterly cold in the north. .

Di people like to commit crimes in autumn and winter, and their cotton-padded clothes wear out a lot.

Without warm and cold clothes, the wear and tear of soldiers is even greater.

You Jun is clearly a division of tigers and wolves, but because the armor on his body can't keep out the soldiers, and the clothes can't keep out the cold, he has become a tiger whose claws have been pulled out.

After the experiment was feasible, Yu Youyao paid attention to growing cotton on brine-salt fields. He searched for people who were proficient in farming, and went to Long Province to learn cotton cultivation.

With excellent planting, the cotton is expected to grow and live.

The successful planting of sweet potatoes and cotton has inspired and touched Yu Youyao a lot.

Yu Youyao paid more attention to farming, and the housekeeper in Fuzhong didn't care much, and devoted more energy, material resources, manpower and financial resources to experimental planting.

In the dart shop under her name, she has arranged stewards who are proficient in farming. The stewards follow the darts to travel south and north. When they arrive at a certain place, they will inquire about the soil quality, climate, crop conditions and planting techniques of a certain place, and record them one by one. , and will also buy some local crop seeds for trial cultivation on Zhuangzi.

Yu Youyao felt that she was only influenced by "Tian Gong Kai Wu" and did the same thing.

But she didn't know that this Nongsang book that she collected and sorted would become a richer and more influential Nongsang book than "Heavenly Creation" in the future.

And Zhou Linghuai had already foreseen this day.

He is looking forward to the earth-shaking changes that cotton and sweet potatoes will bring to the north: "Everything is getting better."

After getting to know Yu Youyao, everything is getting better.

His leg has started to heal.

In the past two years, there has been no shortage of troops in the north, but Yu Youyao has kept his promise to him. Every year, through some channels of the Xie mansion, he will prepare 300,000 silver troops for the north.

This part of the army is basically medicinal materials and cotton-padded clothes.

The North is also getting better.

"Astragalus, angelica, licorice, etc., some cold and drought-resistant herbs can also be tested in the north." Yu Youyao also mentioned some commonly used, drought-resistant and ridge-resistant herbs.

While talking, I didn't hear my cousin answer for a long time.

She tilted her head to look at her cousin. I don't know when, my cousin was already leaning on the couch and fell asleep. His sleeping face was rare and peaceful, and his long eyebrows stained with black ink stretched all the way to his temples.

In the afternoon, as soon as Yu Zongzheng returned to the mansion, he asked Madam Liu to invite him to the Anshou Hall.

I don't know what Madam Yu said to Yu Zongzheng. When Yu Zongzheng left the Anshou Hall, he was a little disheartened, and he never mentioned adoption again.

Yu Zongzheng continued to be a "loving father" in front of Yu Youyao, as if "adopting" had never happened.

All of this was expected by Yu Youyao: "Yu Zongzheng, although very straightforward, can't be too straightforward when dealing with people like him, and he has to know how to detour."

Mother Xu smiled inexplicably: "So, the old lady mentioned that you want to adopt Yu Shanming to your mother's name. You simply refused, and then suggested that Yu Shanming be adopted under the Yang family."

Anyone who listens to this will listen to it.

But Mummy Xu knew as soon as she heard it, there is a lot of knowledge here, and there are hidden meanings.

Yu Youyao smiled and raised her eyebrows: "The words from my father at home tell me, never try to confront someone who can control your lifeline, and you will not have any good results. There are thousands of roads in this world, I choose A circuitous path can still achieve the goal.”

This principle was taught to her by Mother Xu.

She kept it in mind.

Mother Xu applauded: "If you refuse someone, you must also pay attention to strategy. If you can't make people face trouble, you can't completely deny him."

Yu Youyao smiled but said nothing.

Madam Xu continued: "You rejected Yu Zongzheng's proposal to adopt Yu Shanming to your mother's name. As a father, Yu Zongzheng will definitely be angry, but you also suggested that Yu Shanming be adopted to the Yang family's name. It shows in disguise that you are actually in favor of adoption, and the reason why you disagree is because it is not appropriate to put Yu Shanming in the name of Mrs. Xie, and it is more logical to put it in the name of Yang."

In this way, Yu Zongzheng will no longer care, Yu Youyao disobeys him, but will think that Yu Youyao is thoughtful, and everything he does is for his and Yufu's consideration.

The highest state of speaking is often inadvertently, you have the right to speak, and let the thoughts of others follow your words.

Yu Youyao said in a low voice: "The Yu family relied on the connections and channels of the Xie family to open up the situation in the court, and the Yu clan enjoyed the benefits of my mother, which is also true, my mother has no children in her name, and the family pays attention Clan incense, Yu Shanming adopted my mother's name, either out of Yu Zongzheng's guilt for my mother, or out of my grandmother's compensation for my mother, or out of yes, the family has inherited my mother's kindness, everything. It's a matter of course."

From the Yufu's standpoint, this is actually a good thing.

As a married woman, it is also a glorious thing to be able to receive incense offerings from the clan for generations.

From the standpoint of a daughter, a mother has such a privilege, and her reputation is excellent.

As an adopted heir, Yu Shanming has also become a bridge for the relationship between the Yu and Xie families, and it is also in the interests of the Yu family and the Yu family.

but!

All of this is based on the position that the mother is not killed.

From the day she learned that Yu Zongzheng had killed her mother, the father-daughter relationship between her and Yu Zongzheng had vanished. kindness.

Everything she does now for Yu Mansion is to repay Yu Zongzheng's grace and grandmother's support.

But this kind of generosity will not become the framework that binds her.

Wait until she gets married or leaves in the future.

Shengen also ended here.

She is destined to drift away from Yu Mansion in the future, how could she possibly tie Xie Mansion to the Yu Mansion ship?

It does not matter whether the mother enjoys the incense for generations, as a daughter, she will always remember her mother.

Xie Fu will also remember her mother.

She believed that the mother under Jiuquan was unwilling to be constantly involved with Yufu.

Yu Youyao smiled but not smiled: "Yu Zongzheng wants to adopt, because he is interested in Xie's connections, channels, and Wanguan family wealth. Since the adoption is not successful, it is even more impossible to adopt the name of Yang."

Yu Zongzheng has a direct son. At this stage, Yu Shanming does not meet the interests, conditions, or even bargaining chips of adoption.

Even if Yu Zongzheng wanted to adopt.

How could someone as shrewd as grandma not be able to figure this out? Naturally it won't allow it.