Chapter 335

After two failed crops of potatoes and sweet potatoes, it was finally going to be a success.

Under the operation of the Department of agriculture, farmers familiar with the cultivation of potatoes and sweet potatoes have also been trained.

On this day, the potato harvest is coming. Han Zhao, the head of the agriculture department, advised him to take the robes to the imperial villa early in the morning. The housekeeper of the imperial villa ordered the work with a group of coolies.

Seeing Han Zhao's officials coming, the housekeeper crossed his waist and said, "Sir, I've arranged everything. Do you have any new requirements? I'll do it for you together?"

Han Zhao sneered. If he didn't want to use you today, how could you be arrogant? I'll cook you well after I've finished the explanation from the Lord and the elders of the Ministry.

"Li Zhuangtou, you have done well. You still have to rely on you for planting."

Li Chuang tou smiled: "that's natural. I'm an old man, and all my men are old men. Although these are new things, since they are about farming, we can put them flat."

"You adults are all noble people. Just stand aside and watch. If something else breaks down and there is no harvest, we can't fool around. You adults are not."

Li Zhuangtou finished and went to arrange it himself.

Tang Ping, one of Han Zhao's men, whispered:

"My Lord, the Lord will come to see potatoes and sweet potatoes these days. If the Lord knows that I haven't mastered the method of planting until now, I'm afraid I'll be uprooted."

Han Zhao clenched his teeth: "this hateful Li Zhuangtou is going to break our advanced stage."

A small official hurried in and said to Han Zhao, "Sir, the prince has arrived outside the villa. Changning Tong ordered us to meet him."

As soon as Han Zhao's face changed, he ordered him to say, "the Lord is coming. Go with me to meet the Lord first and see if you can fool him in front of you."

The officials of the Department of agriculture went out of Zhuangzi and met Su Lu.

Su Lu sat in a wheelchair and asked, "Han Zhao, how's your job? The potatoes will be collected soon. Have you mastered the planting method? Everyone will use it in the future."

Hearing Su Lu's words, Han Zhao's face turned white and had to harden his head and say, "if the ministers dare not do their best, most of them have mastered the planting method, and the rest can be mastered soon."

Su Lu took a surprised look at Han Zhao. How can there be more than half and the rest? Farming is not a too difficult task. He only needs to deal with sowing, fertilization, watering, weeding and intercropping according to the planting order, even if he has mastered it.

"Go and have a look in Chuang Tzu to see how the potatoes are growing? Han Zhao, is this Chuang Tzu planting potatoes or sweet potatoes?"

Su Lu told Changning to push the wheelchair and asked Han Zhao.

"There are some sweet potatoes and potatoes."

Tang Ping next to Han Zhao said that Han Zhao is used to being an official who shakes his hand. He really doesn't know these things.

Su Lu nodded, entered Chuang Tzu and ran to the fields in the village.

Li Zhuangtou and a group of farmers are taking care of potatoes, removing weeds between ridges and loosening the soil.

"Li Zhuangtou, the Lord is here. Come and meet the Lord."

Han Zhao greeted Li Zhuangtou and some farmers.

Li Chuang tou dropped his hoe and called some old men out of the field and stood on the ground.

"The grass people have seen the king"

Li Zhuang took the lead and kowtowed to Su Lu.

Su Lu waved his hand, asked Li Zhuangtou and said, "Li Zhuangtou, look at the growth of potatoes. How is the harvest this year?"

Li Zhuang's head crossed his hands, and his wrinkled and gullied face was full of smiles:

"Lord Ming Jian, villains have never planted these. Your adults can't provide any guidance. Although they have planted them, they really don't know how to harvest."

Su Lu nodded: "Li Zhuangtou, you're right. You don't dare to talk about things you haven't planted."

"You plant well. If you can really succeed, the output is also high. Advise the Department of agriculture that you can't do without your position, or officials or experts, you can't do without your treatment."

Li Chuang tou was stunned when he heard the speech. He looked at each other with several old guys and saw the shock in each other's eyes.

Officials can understand, what is an expert?

Old farmer Zhao Deshui's face was full of excitement. He crossed his hands and asked in a trembling voice, "Wang, Wang Ye, I still understand this official, but what's the job of this expert? Is it smaller or larger than that of Li Zheng in our village?"

Sitting in a wheelchair, Su Lu was watching the growth of a potato and smelled it and said:

"Naturally, it's bigger than your village. If you can master a good way to plant potatoes, and can plant them better, and can also instruct others to plant potatoes better, you're an expert. You're persuading the Secretary of agriculture to have a job that is no lower than Han Zhao."

Han Zhao's face was bitter: "Lord, if we persuade the Secretary of agriculture to master these?"

Su Lu had already started to pick up the soil around the root of the potato. He wanted to see how many potato seeds the potato had. He said without looking up at his speech:

"Naturally, there are salaries and silver. The position of experts can be evaluated not only by the farmers who grow old land, but also by the practical officials who advise the Department of agriculture."

The soil at the root of the potato is stripped away and you are sticky, which shows that the potato seed is not short of water, and the people who manage the plot are not lazy.

When you pull it open, you see thumb sized potatoes, round and yellow, which is quite gratifying.

Su Lu put the soil on the mound again and said with a smile, "very good. You did a good job. When these potatoes have a good harvest, you can all evaluate a junior expert at Li Zhuangtou as your reward. In the future, you will be experts who advise the agriculture department to be named and can teach planting all over the country."

A small official stepped out and asked, "Lord, the villain is an official of the Department of agriculture. If you can master the planting technology, can you also evaluate experts?"

Su Lu took the handkerchief handed over by Changning, wiped the mud on his hands, smiled and said, "of course, it's OK. I'll do the first assessment. I hope you can plant well and smoothly get the salary and silver of this expert."

"Eh?"

Su Lu's eyes changed, looked to the west of Huangzhuang and asked Zhao Zheng, "what army is there in the west? Why is there a war?"

Zhao Zheng frowned: "there's no war. It's just that the people of the martial arts school are practicing in the field."

Su Lu looked solemn and said, "send my military order and send a signal to mobilize the people of the martial arts school. The smell of blood in the air is very strong. Many people in the martial arts school have died."

"It should have come for me. When I met the martial arts school, I thought it was my own soldier, so I killed them first, but I dragged them down."

Zhao Zheng's face changed. He had been in the martial arts school for some days. He had feelings with those students. When he heard that the dead man was dead, his face changed. He quickly took out two paper cylinders from his arms and rang.

Su Lu gave orders and said, "the elite are coming and form an array."

It was very open. The team of students from the lecture hall who received the fireworks signal came running. Su Yun was the leader. The team behind him was messy, but the running was orderly, and there were few casualties.

Su Yun saw his brother and shouted, "brother, general Xie is surrounded by soldiers. Go and save her!"

Su Lu took a look to the West. There were ravines and trees in the fields, and the fields were silent.

Xie Wan is surrounded. The pro guards of Xie Wan across the north are surrounded. It seems that the people who come here are not simple.