Qing Dynasty: I Rely on Games To Fight For Favor

Now it’s almost impossible for Xia Mian to wait for a long time with her feet on her feet, but she didn’t see him, so she couldn’t help but feel a little heartbeat.

Although Xiao Xizi is following him, but Xiao Xizi fights the five scums. At a critical time, it is estimated that it will not be of much use.

No, Xia Mian couldn't wait any longer, and took Yinzhen and Cheng Xiaowang to find Yinzhen.

Inquiring all the way, Xia Mian found Uncle Li's house in a small courtyard at the foot of the mountain according to the instructions of the villagers.

Uncle Li’s house smoked and smoked, and he seemed to be cooking. He looked very calm. Xia Mian felt a little rested and looked into the courtyard.

At this look, she was immediately shocked there. Why is Kangxi here? Is it too late for her to go back now?

Sitting on the stone bench in the courtyard, Kangxi also saw Xia Mian, and immediately groaned and asked the prince elder brother to do the work for her. She is so capable!

"Let's go, why don't you go, I'm starving to death. Are you cooking here, I..." Cheng Xiao Wangye entered the yard aggressively, and when he saw Kangxi, he was scared like a quail and stood with his neck shrinking. When I got there, I didn't say anything about wanting to eat anymore.

But Yinzhen, calmly greeted Kangxi.

"Get up, outside, don't need so much etiquette." Kangxi said.

Even though he said that, Xia Mian and others saluted him.

"The emperor, why are you here? His Royal Highness..." Xia Mian asked bitterly.

Kangxi pointed to the back.

Soon, Uncle Li came out with Yinfeng, who was wearing a coarse cloth after washing.

Yinfeng really suffered today. In July, the sorghum in the field had grown to the top of his head. After people entered, the sorghum leaves kept scratching his face and neck. Every time he scratched, it left a red mark. Kill with sweat again, it's a painful itching.

This is much more uncomfortable than being thrown into a fall in Buku, that kind of lingering and lingering feeling.

Xia Mian felt guilty at first glance. Wouldn't Kangxi come to settle accounts with her?

Kangxi saw her eyes turning around, and suddenly smiled, now that she is afraid? late!

"How to punish you, say it yourself." He said.

Xia Mian heard the smile in the words, and immediately became energetic, "Otherwise, I will cook for you? Haven't eaten yet!" After she said, she licked her lips first, and worked all morning. hungry.

Still thinking about eating, "Standing on the side." Kangxi said.

Come on, Xia Mian stood aside obediently, as long as we don't get angry, we can talk about anything.

Kangxi looked at Yinfeng, "Aren't you working hard?"

"Thanks." Yinfeng said honestly.

Kangxi nodded, "It’s good to know that it’s hard work. "In the middle of the night, you take advantage of the dawn to plough, and the cows are weak and hard. People who don’t know the peasants’ hardships will be said to be self-sustaining in the Tianzhong Valley." Farmers work hard, but agriculture is the foundation of the country. , The people's heart can be safe, the people's heart can be safe, and the country can be safe.

…"

Kangxi made sense to Yinzheng, and from time to time he also glanced at Yinzhen and Cheng Xiaowang. These were also told to them, and I hope they can hear them in their hearts.

Kangxi deserves to be a holy monarch. His words are simple and easy to understand, quoting from side to side, and high-pitched... Uh, Xia Mian can't praise it anymore, because she really can't listen to it, she's so hungry!

Looking around, Yinzhen and Yinzhen had serious faces when they listened. Cheng Xiaowang looked very serious as well, if it weren't for his fingers to move back and forth. The butler and the others were full of enthusiasm, but seeing them become so excited, Xia Mian wondered if they had heard what Kangxi said.

Next to him, Uncle Li looked surprised. He didn't know the identities of Kangxi and the others. He just thought they had such great rules and didn't know what kind of people had such a momentum.

At this time, the smell of stewed meat floated in the air, and Uncle Li hurried to look at the pot behind him.

He left, no one noticed, Xia Mian felt like a kitten caught him, she wanted to go too!

Looking around, she suddenly received a slightly smiling look from Kangxi, she immediately smiled sweetly and slid into the backyard.

Uncle Li is cooking, he is quite talkative.

His wife went there the year before last, and he has been living alone.

He has a son who runs a small business in a town in the neighboring province. His son has always wanted to pick him up, but he has lived here all his life, his homeland is hard to leave, and he doesn't want to move at all.

He was reluctant to bear his acres of land, which he had earned in half his life, just like his children, he was afraid that it would be ruined by others.

It is a pity that he is getting older and older, and he is becoming more and more incapable of farming.

I don't know one day, maybe he will really sell these acres of land.

In this regard, Uncle Li is also quite optimistic.

In his words, "It doesn't matter if you stop thinking about it, you can go to reunite with your son."

Xia Mian smiled at this.

After saying this, Uncle Li did not ask about the front yard, nor did he ask about the identity of Xia Mian and others, what else he didn’t understand at his age, and if there are things others want to tell you, they will tell you sooner or later, but they don’t want to tell. You, it's useless if you ask.

The small courtyard hasn't been so busy for a long time, he just wants to entertain them in Xia Mian.

Uncle Li's craftsmanship is good. The young **** raised at home is just right for eating. It is served with mushrooms picked from the mountain and stewed in a pot. The soup is thick and the meat is rotten, the color is ruddy, and the fragrance is not inferior to the restaurant in Beijing.

There are wild vegetables in the mountains, fresh wild vegetables, blanched cold salad, and two drops of sesame oil. It will be appetizing in the hot summer.

In addition to this, there are stir-fried dishes, stir-fried beans, eggplant, etc. are more common, but there is one thing that attracts Xia Mian's attention.

"This is?" Xia Mian asked, looking at a bunch of shiny bean sprouts.

Uncle Li laughed, "I haven't eaten it, this is my exclusive secret dish, peanut sprouts, also called longevity sprouts, fried can be much better than soybean sprouts and mung bean sprouts."

Xia Mian has never eaten peanut sprouts. Can you eat peanut sprouts? She couldn't wait to try it.

Uncle Li was so busy that Xia Mian felt that she couldn't do it this way. She looked around in the kitchen and she had an idea.

In the front, Kangxi said that he was hungry for a long time, not to mention the children of Little Prince Cheng, and the kitchen in the back didn’t know what to make delicious. The fragrance pierced their noses and eyes, as if they were going to treat their greedy insects. It's the same as hooked out.

Cheng Xiao Wangye twisted and twisted, as if he had a bug growing on his body.

Yinzhen licked the corner of his mouth unconsciously.

Yinfeng is more direct, looking back from time to time.

What else is there to say, hurry up and start the meal!

It was placed in the courtyard.

A pot of rooster stewed with mushrooms is today’s main dish. Uncle Li’s family has bacon, sausages, and steamed cured meats. Each slice is cut and translucent, which is very attractive at first glance.

Stir-fried beans and eggplant are full of peasant characteristics. There is also a fried peanut sprout, which is crisp and refreshing.

Xia Mian made three dishes, a small stir-fried pork from a farmhouse, and a few dishes. This one had the most flavor. Xia Mian didn't know whether Kangxi and others could eat chili.

A slice of watermelon fried pork, this summer is the most relieving heat.

There is also one of her specialty dishes, candied sweet potatoes. The golden sweet potato, wrapped in oily sugar, can pull out the silvery sugar shreds when you go down with the chopsticks. It is fragrant and sweet. I fell in love with it after I accidentally ate it in a restaurant before summer sleep.

Later, in order to be able to eat regularly, she learned to make it herself.

The hot oil and the sugar must be boiled just right. The hard work during this period is not enough for outsiders.

Fortunately, Xia Mian still learned.

Sweet potatoes were introduced to China at the end of Ming Dynasty, and they are only grown in some places. They are not even in the menu of the imperial meal. It is conceivable that Xia Mian was so happy to see Uncle Li’s house, of course, she couldn’t help but make it. One plate.

Finally, there is a mulberry leaf soup. The mulberry leaves are finely shredded, eggs, sesame oil are added, and there is a special aroma.

The sky is like washing and the green hills are verdant. In this small farmyard, there is such a table of farm dishes, even Kangxi has a kind of freshness.

"The deceased has chicken millet and invited me to Tian's house. Lvshu Village borders, Qingshan Guowaixie." He remembered Meng Haoran's poem, and sure enough, he didn't deceive me.

Cheng Xiao Wangye and others didn't have that much emotion, they just stared at those dishes.

Kangxi coughed, all belonged to the prince and prince, which made people look at jokes.

However, "Sit down and eat!"

He said that, but the only ones who were fortunate enough to be on the table were the three little ones plus Xia Mian.

It's the rule to not eat and sleep, but today, even if you let anyone talk, no one has time to talk, and they are all busy eating.

Kangxi actually likes to eat that little fried pork, Xia Mian didn't expect it.

The three little ones are still children, and have no resistance to the candied sweet potato. The dish was the first to be recorded, and they still looked like they were still unfinished.

After eating, Uncle Li only had crude tea at home, so he made a pot of tea, and he felt strange.

"Do you still know sweet potatoes?" Kangxi asked Xia Mian immediately when he heard that the dish was actually made of sweet potatoes. He read the sweet potato in a memorial of the governor of Guangdong, saying that this crop is easy to grow and has a high yield. Please play him and hope to promote it nationwide.

He remembered this, and always wanted to find an opportunity to verify if what he said was true. He didn't expect to eat this thing today, and the taste is still so sweet.

Of course Xia Mian recognized it, and she also knew that sweet potatoes and corn would be planted on a large scale in the Qing Dynasty, which directly led to the growth of the people of the Qing Dynasty, creating a flourishing age of Kang and Qian!

Huh? Xia Mian suddenly thought that this seemed to be a good opportunity to learn the boss experience.

With eyes brightened, Xia Mian said, "The emperor also knows sweet potatoes? This is a good thing. Many people in the slave's hometown can't eat enough. When Wood saw it, he wondered why we don't grow sweet potatoes and corn. He said that they all grow that. , Feed a lot of people.

The slave and maid also told Ama about this, but our place was so remote, we didn't know where to get the seeds, so it was all gone.

But Wood told me about how to make sweet potatoes. I just saw that Uncle Li had them at home, so I couldn't help trying it. I didn't expect it to be delicious. "

Wood is the foreign missionary who made up with Kangxi before Xia Mian.

Kangxi immediately became energetic when he heard this. What is the most important thing in a country? It's the population! But the current land is only enough to support so many people, unless more food can be grown on the existing land.

"Really?" Corn, he seems to have seen it in some county chronicles, is it so high-yielding?

Xia Mian nodded affirmatively.

Kangxi couldn't sit still, he just wanted to come and see Xia Mian and the others, but he didn't expect to have such a gain. No, he has to go back to the palace and send someone to check it out. If it is true, as Xia Mian said, he will start to prepare more seeds in the second half of this year and distribute them to all parts of the country.

Get up, he wants to go.

"Slaves and maidservants send them to the emperor." Xia Mian shouted.

Kangxi stopped and smiled, he hasn't appreciated Xia Mian yet. If what Xia Mian said about sweet potatoes and corn was true, it would not be an exaggeration to promote her to a position. By the way, there is the governor of Guangdong, he has to ask him a lot when he goes back.

"This dish is done well today, I have a reward, let's talk, what do you want?" Kangxi said.

Xia Mian was happy.

"Don't bring up the palace anymore, I have enough to indulge you." Kangxi said directly.

Xia Mian looked at him accusingly, why!

Kangxi's face was stern, the ancestor's family law was like this. But when she is promoted to the concubine, she can go home and save her relatives, which is true.

Concubine... This thought flashed in Kangxi's mind and passed away. Xia Mian is always there now, it's still early.

Xia Mian is lingering and can't go out of the palace, how can she use her experience?

She really likes going out of the palace so much? Kangxi looked at Xia Mian's listless appearance, then looked at the green hills and white clouds, and suddenly had a care.

"At the end of the year or next year, I may go to Jiangnan." As he said, he looked at Xia Mian.

Xia Mian also raised her head to look at him, my face full of okay, the expression I wanted to go.

Kangxi smiled, "Have you completed the task I entrusted to you?"

Task? By the way, Yinzhen. Xia Mian had a guilty conscience, she didn't want to do it at all.

Kangxi knew it. Although she is doing pretty well now, he still wants to force her, "If you complete the task, I will consider taking you to Jiangnan."

It took Xia Mian one and one second to decide that she was going to Jiangnan. That…

She rolled her eyes, "The emperor only said to take care of the fourth elder brother for a few days. The servants have been doing it, but I don't know what the emperor said about taking care of?"

To send tasks, there must be a certain amount. Xia Mian means this.

Seeing her finally getting serious, Kangxi thought for a while, and said, "Six Arts, you can pick any one. As long as Yinzhen makes progress and can pass my assessment, your task will be completed."

As long as there is a goal, it is easy to handle, Xia Mian knows in his heart, but says, "The fourth elder brother is still young, and the emperor can't ask him too difficult questions."

Not wanting to suffer at all, Kangxi glanced at Xia Mian and turned away.

After waiting for him to leave for a while, Xia Mian suddenly reacted, isn't it right, what about her reward? Help Yinzhen pass the assessment, she can go to Jiangnan, but what about the rewards for sweet potatoes and corn?

Of course Kangxi didn't forget. Soon, Xiao Dezi came back, and the emperor gave a reward to Xia Mian, a Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing.

Zhuangzi, Xia Mian was the first to think of the description of Zhuangzi in the Dream of Red Mansions. It looked like a small village. Every year, he could send a lot of money and products to Jia Mansion!

Xia Mian happily wants to play a couple of times on the bed. Does she have her own territory? As a social animal and a person who runs for real estate all the year round, Xia Mian feels that there is nothing happier than this.

Can't wait, she wants to visit her own village.

Xiao Dezi grinned, my little lord, the emperor only said rewards, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has not done it yet, until the land deed of Zhuangzi is delivered to her, she will know which Zhuangzi is rewarding. Where to look now?

Xia Mian smiled awkwardly, as if it was true, don't blame her, she was so happy.

He put money on the table for Uncle Li, and Xia Mian also left with Yinrong and others.

Uncle Li also roughly guessed their identities at this time, and since then, there has been an additional legend about them among the folks.

In the afternoon, Xia Mian didn't want to continue learning experience. I don’t know when next time I go out of the palace, I still have to take advantage of today to do some things.

First of all, Xia Mian wanted to go to Shengping Department.

Although she didn't want to continue doing Aunt Chen's task, she was still quite curious.

There is also the Xueyu Tower, which is said to be a beautiful country and a city. How beautiful is it? She wants to go and see.