In the third year of Yonghui (652 AD), on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, in the afternoon, the study room of the Wufu on Jinhua Avenue.

Cui Yixuan took out Wu Zhaoyi's letter, slowly put it on the table, and said lightly: "I don't know much about Wu Zhaoyi. I only know that she is a talented person from Taizong. After Taizong passed away, he went to Ganye Temple to become a monk. In the second year of Yonghui, he was brought back to the palace by a saint, and this year he was named Zhaoyi. Erlang, do you have any letters to communicate, how much do you know about her?"

Wu Kang searched for memories and said a few minutes later: "I want to hide it from Gong Cui, I know some inside information. According to the rumors, the late emperor was ill in bed and was serving the saint's bed. Zhaoyi hooked up with the saint. In the first year of Yonghui, the saint went to Ganye Temple to mourn the late emperor, and his old love with Zhaoyi rekindled."

Cui Yixuan's face was solemn, and he couldn't help but stroke his beard. He sighed for a long time: "According to the convention, the late emperor passed away and the palace servants who had no heirs would become monks and nuns. Zhaoyi was unwilling to be destined to be fate and found a way out for himself. His eyes were so far-reaching, his cunning, and men were as good as men!"

Wu Kang nodded in agreement, forgot that Jiu Niang was combing her hair, she pulled off a few more hairs, and said, "I have to thank Queen Wang for being able to return to the harem. Queen Wang has no son and the saint favors Concubine Xiao Shu. She was so ill that she went to the doctor and came up with the bad idea to bring Zhaoyi into the palace and fight Concubine Xiao."

"It's not just bad ideas, it's simply foolish." Old Cui looked contemptuous and continued to talk fiercely: "Turn the wolf into the house and the mouse is short-sighted. Even if the plan is successful, the saint's favor will be transferred to Wu's family, and Wang's bamboo basket will be useless."

"Mr. Cui is like a god, it is indeed like this." Wu Kang flattered and continued: "The fisherman gained the profits when fighting against the snipe and clam. Wang made a wedding dress for Zhaoyi. Zhaoyi was very pleased by the queen, so the queen praised her repeatedly in front of the saint to make her even more favored. Later, the queen felt out of control and joined forces with Concubine Xiao Shu to fight against Zhaoyi. This is the situation in the harem."

Cui Yixuan refused to comment, his face gradually became serious, staring at Wu Kang and asked, "Erlang, what are your feelings?"

Wu Kang pondered for a moment and replied: "There are no eternal friends, no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu, who fought to the death, could turn enemies into friends for the sake of common interests. Wu Kang secretly thought that interests were eternal, and both palace fighting and officialdom were unimpeded."

Lao Cui was very pleased and smiled while stroking his beard. Wu Kang continued, "It's a pity that they joined forces and are not Zhaoyi's opponents. Zhaoyi gave birth to a baby girl two months ago, and Queen Wang came to visit her. When she left, Zhaoyi suffocated the baby girl to frame the blame. But I didn't expect that such shameless acts would actually talk to me, an outsider."

"This is her cleverness." Cui Yixuan sat upright and began to peel off her cocoons: "First, let the saint hate the queen, and even think of deposing the queen. How can the mother treat the world as a result of jealousy? Second, to be favored by herself. The saint pity her and lose her beloved daughter, and she will feel guilty and will definitely be even more favored. Third..."

He glanced at Wu Kang and said lightly: "The third is you, tie you up with her. I think you are a talent, and Wu Zhaoyi also thinks so. You are all surnamed Wu, and she still recognizes you as your cousin. If you know this secret, you can only follow her."

Wu Kang couldn't help but smile bitterly and sighed, "It's okay to be in front of the saddle. I'm worried that she will become the emperor in the future... Later, every time I see me, I think of the death of a baby girl. Every time I think of me, I will uncover the scars again. By then, I will be a thorn in my eyes and a thorn in my flesh. It's a matter of time before I kill me, and I may be killed."

"Yeah", the anxious Jiuniang just spoke, but Lao Cui stared back with a sharp eye. She pouted and lowered her head, put a white jade hairpin on her hair bun, and stood obediently next to Wu Kang.

When Lao Cui saw that his beloved daughter was wronged, he sighed again and shook his head and said, "Erlang was stimulated and hysterical because of this idea, right? Actually, there are three reasons. First, even if she becomes the queen, she cannot cover the sky with her hands. Whether to execute the imperial officials is not the final word."

Wu Kang smiled even harder, Lao Cui, Lao Cui, you don’t know how powerful she is. Not only the queen, she will become the emperor in the future! Taking my life at that time is even simpler than crushing an ant to death. Unfortunately, these words can only be thought about by yourself and never say them to anyone.

Cui Yixuan continued: "Secondly, the struggle for power has always been bloody, and the royal family has no affection. To be honest, how long has the Xuanwu Gate incident lasted? Besides, there must be constant rumors about this matter, and there are more people who can guess the truth."

This makes sense, and there are more smart people. When Lao Cui saw that he listened, he continued, "Thirdly, in my opinion, she really treats you as a confidant. The knife in her hand can kill others, kill his own children, but will not stab his own confidant, and will never."

After pausing for a moment, Lao Cui smiled slightly and made a final summary: "Don't worry about the world. As long as you don't go against her, you will never have any trouble for her. I can conclude that no one in the harem can beat her, and the position of the queen is in her pocket. For you, this is a good opportunity."

After a while, Wu Kang was completely confused. Is there such an operation? After savoring it carefully, I felt it made sense. The knot gradually opened up and my mood suddenly became lighter. Looking at Jiu Niang next to me, I felt relieved and even a little happy.

After enlightening the two of them, Cui Yixuan handed the letter to Wu Kang and gave him a reassurance: "Don't worry, Erlang, there will be no problem. You are the son-in-law of the Cui family. Even if she is determined to kill in the future, I can still protect you from being fully prepared. The name of the five surnames and Qi Wang is not just a casual call. This is all for you, think about it carefully, Jiu Niang will go back with me!"

The tone was a little heavy, Jiu Niang did not dare to disobey, and pouted in grievance. Wu Kangjue's incident was caused by himself, so he quickly stood up to smooth things over, but he didn't know what to say, scratched his head and said with a sneer: "Mr. Cui, don't blame Jiu Niang, it's all my fault. If you want to scold me, I'm shameless anyway."

Jiu Niang glanced at him and snorted softly. Wu Kang laughed apologetically. Seeing that Old Cui was really angry, he immediately changed the topic: "Mr. Cui, today I will invite the Linyi delegation to the banquet, so I will go there too. The wind and cold are almost cured. Oh, by the way, where is Linyi?"

"No learning and ignorant", Lao Cui glared at him and said: "The southwest of Lingnan Road is bordering Yanzhou. About a year ago, King Fan Toulli died, and his son Zhenlong was established. Minister Jia Du rebelled and slaughtered the Fan family and made himself king. The people did not accept Jia Du, and made Fan Toulli's cousin Zhuge Di the king, asking Fan Toulli's daughter to marry. At this point, the city was stable, and Zhuge Di sent envoys to pay tribute, just passing through Wuzhou."

The southwest of Lingnan Road borders Yanzhou, isn’t this a Vietnamese brother? Linyi seems to be Chameng... Chameng Country? Chameng Dao! Wu Kang’s head buzzed, his hands were dancing excitedly, his face flushed, and he grabbed Cui Yixuan’s sleeves: “I said, Lao Cui, we are going to make contributions again, great achievements…”

Before he finished speaking, he was slapped in the head. Cui Yixuan had a dark face and scolded sternly: "You are not big or small, you are the one who is not respectful to the elders. You are also calling 'Old Cui'? You are looking for a fight!"

At around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the conference room of the second Wuzhou Yatang was filled with Wuzhou bosses. Wu Kang glanced out of the corner of his eyes. Except for the previous Wei Duwei Cui, the leadership team was all here.

The main position in the north is the governor Cui Yixuan, the lower head of the west, the military officer Lu Huaiyuan. Then there are the six Caos: Si Gong participated in the military officer Wang Linrui, Si Cang participated in the military officer Sun Yingyuan, Si Hu participated in the military officer Sun Mao, the military officer Qin Li, the military officer Wei Yingzhou, and the military officer Wukang.

Next to Wu Kang, he was the commander of the regiment training. Next to the bottom are three military personnel, who are in the ninth rank, similar to the army staff; one is a recorder, who is from the ninth rank, responsible for recording textbooks, similar to the secretary-general; the end of the lonely is Huarong, a doctor of medicine, who is from the ninth rank. The so-called doctor of medicine is a doctor hired by the government and an imperial physician in the imperial palace.

In the entire Wuzhou officialdom, except for the Zhechong Duwei, there are only so many serious officials, and the others are officials and temporary workers. Of course, not to take the lead, Sima, Changshi and other retired officials, so they naturally stand aside and are not qualified to attend the conference.

Wu Kang was secretly happy. In the officialdom of seniority, he finally didn't have to sit on the snake's tail. He participated in military affairs, recorded affairs, and doctoral students in medicine. He followed the rules and took the opportunity to go back early.

When Lao Cui saw that everyone was here, the clerk had already taken his seat and announced the beginning of the meeting. As a pig's feet, Wu Kang stood up and spoke: "My colleagues, when the civil strife in the city was settled, I sent envoys to pay tribute to our dynasty and respectfully accepted the title of our dynasty. The heavenly kingdom surrendered to all directions, and all nations came to congratulate me!"

The big guys looked weird, Lao Cui was so shady, and King Si Gong and Wang Chanjun curled his lips and reminded him kindly: "Change it, we are an extraordinary meeting, not a formal ceremony, so there is no need to say these. Also, Chang'an is in the northwest direction, what kind of ceremony do you give to the northeast?"

Everyone couldn't help but smile. Old Yu laughed out loud. Wu Kang's old face turned red. He put down his hand embarrassedly, and coughed twice and said, "The Linyi mission passed by Wuzhou. They have a treasure that made me salivate. I call it Chameng rice, which is called early rice locally. It has four major characteristics: drought tolerance, strong adaptability, high yield, and precocious maturity."

According to Wu's speech routine, he hung a piece of paper on the nail in the east wall and wrote the word "drought tolerance". Except for the big and rough, everyone else despised him. The more others wrote the better, the better the writing, the more bad the person wrote. Cui Yixuan's face became darker, and he had the urge to get up and suck his forehead.

"Everyone, don't care about the details." Wu Kang didn't care about it, and got to the point: "I call the location of Chameng, where farming is backward. Sowing rice, no watering, no drainage, no fertilization, no tilling, and let it grow naturally. The specific natural environment and extensive farming method form drought-resistant and water-resistant characteristics of Chameng rice."

Everyone was confused, and there was such a routine of arable land? At this time, Lao Hua, a doctor of medicine, looked up at Lao Cui, looking at him, and he stopped talking. Cui Yixuan waved his hand and signaled, and Lao Hua stood up and said humbly: "What Wu Shenjun said is true. I heard from Lingnan friends that they are like this, and the southernmost part of Lingnan Road is the same."

Wu Kang nodded kindly to him and continued, "Our rice is much more delicate, afraid of drought and waterlogging. Especially drought, which has been helpless in all dynasties. Chameng rice demand for rainwater is far less than that of our rice seeds. It can be said that as long as it is not a severe drought, Chameng rice can stand it."

When everyone heard this, they all changed their expressions and their expressions were serious. Local officials were most afraid of droughts. As long as the drought was severe in their jurisdiction, their political career was basically over. Because the ancients believed that the court gave you a strange reason, if you have any virtue, you would be incompetent in governance, and you would have no place to make sense. Not to mention local officials, if you really encounter severe droughts, the president would have to issue an edict to blame himself.

Chamcheng rice was drought-resistant and successfully impressed them. Wu Kang struck while the iron was hot, put on "strong adaptability" and continued: "As we all know, oranges grow in the south of Huai, and tangerines grow in the north of Huai. Even humans have problems with the environment. However, Chamcheng rice has strong adaptability and can thrive in both Jiangnan and Guanxi."

After talking about the possibility of introduction, Wukang puts on the "high yield" and continues: "The rice ears of the rice in Chameng grow about an inch more than the rice in Wuzhou, and the grains are fuller than those inches of Wuzhou. Dear colleagues, don't underestimate a mere inch. If you spread it to tens of thousands of acres of land, the yield will increase by at least 30%."

The big guys finally widened their eyes. As the saying goes, food is the most important thing for people. Food is stability, stability is the population, and population is political achievements. With political achievements, you can get promoted and make money. Wu Kang was very satisfied with everyone's performance, and he was "premature" and couldn't help but think of Jiu Niang.

In ancient times, women were precocious, married as women at the thirteenth and fourteenth, and were an old girl at the thirteenth. They were unimaginable in later generations. His distractedness was suspected of deliberately sucking his appetite, which immediately caused dissatisfaction from the boss, and Cui Yixuan directly slapped the table.

Wu Kang instantly came back to his senses and continued to say with apologies: "The maturity cycle of rice in Chameng is short, from planting to harvesting less than two months, which is much shorter than Wuzhou rice. You all know that most of the fields in Wuzhou harvest one season a year, with few crops in two seasons and low yields. I personally believe that if rice in Chameng is popular, Wuzhou can harvest two seasons."

"This is true," Cui Yixuan stood up suddenly and stared at Wu Kang. The big guys were stunned. What does it mean to collect one more season of food? If this is passed on to the court, it is absolutely a huge contribution, and it is no problem to leave a name in history.

Wu Kang did not dare to make a promise. According to historical records, the rice dumplings in Chameng were introduced to Guangxi and Yunnan at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and the Yangtze River Basin was introduced to the Yangtze River Basin in the early Song Dynasty, causing "the Jiangnan is well-mature and the world is well-behaved." But now it is the early Tang Dynasty, with a difference of nearly three hundred years. No one knows how much the varieties at this time are different from those at that time.

After thinking for a while, he said carefully: "Rice is a warm-loving crop. The higher the calories, the more sunshine, the higher the yield. The Tang Dynasty went from north to south, and the climate gradually became hotter. Linyi was hotter than the Tang Dynasty, and the rice maturity cycle was shorter. It was no problem to harvest two seasons a year, but three seasons were possible. As for our Wuzhou, I dare not guarantee it."

Cui Yixuan frowned slightly and sat down slowly. The big guys were a little disappointed. Wu Kang looked around and laughed: "Not to mention the annual closing two seasons, the first three advantages are worth introducing. If it succeeds, I can't imagine the result. If it is 'Wuzhou is familiar, the world is full', then..."

Everyone was stunned at first, then smiled. This was a whim. Lu Huaiyuan first said: "If you take out any of the four advantages of Chameng rice, it is worth trying. It is not reliable to say that you are not sure about the authenticity. It is best not to write to Chang'an before you are not sure about the authenticity."

"Lu Gong's words are reasonable." Si Cang Sun Jun looked at Lao Cui and made an opinion: "I just wrote a letter not long ago and proposed the postal express system, which has already shocked the court. The wood is so beautiful that it will destroy it. Then throw out the rice from the city. If one is not true, he may be maliciously slandered. Please think twice."

"Please think twice", as if it was agreed, I shouted slogans in an orderly manner. Wu Kang couldn't help but feel secretly happy. They were all old foxes, of course they knew that too much was not enough. The postal express system, when the results were achieved early next year, the big guys would be promoted to two levels. Then they would be promoted to two levels, and it would be impossible to be promoted to four levels. Therefore, the credit was slowly released and the grades were gradually improved.

Lao Cui's eyelashes were all empty, so of course he did not miss the public's wishes. He made the final decision: "If you speak vernacularly without real evidence, you will naturally not be able to write a letter. But Erlang's idea is very good and he cannot give up. We will introduce the Chameng Rice Experiment in Wuzhou, and you can come up with the regulations."

There were many discussions at the venue, and the bosses whispered to each other. A few minutes later, Si Shiwei, the army of the army spoke: "Since you want to experiment, there must be rice seeds, and rice seeds are in Linyi. Although the delegation is in Wuzhou, we cannot find them because we can only receive them and have no right to inquire about state trade. In this way, we can only send Deli's subordinates to Linyi to purchase rice seeds."

The Sihu Sun joined the army, nodded and shook his head, and thought for a moment: "Mr. Wei said it well, this is the only way. However, our ability is limited. How many people can we send? How many species can we collect? Hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland in Wuzhou are a drop in the bucket!"

Si Bingqin joined the army and smiled and said, "We will definitely not be able to do it alone. Besides, if you can't eat a bite, you can't buy the grain of Quanzhou at once. Even if you can buy it, the people may not be willing to use it. After all, this is farming, and it is a matter of life and death."

Everyone said everything, and they said it was easy to speak. Only Lao Yu, doctor of medicine, Lao Hua, and Lao Zhang, did not speak. They were just so-called. Lao Cui was good at controlling his subordinates, and the atmosphere was very good, and there was no intrigue.

It was almost done, Cui Yixuan coughed twice, and when everyone stopped discussing, he kicked the ball to Wu Kang: "You have a good idea to bring up this matter first?"

Wu Kang sat upright and proposed the concept of experimental fields: "I agree with everyone's opinion. The only way to get grain is to buy it in person. However, there is no need to mobilize the troops and buy twenty acres of grain. I plan to open the experimental fields and ask experienced old farmers to try to plant rice in the city. Summarize the experience and record it in detail. If the experiment is successful, write to the court and promote it vigorously."

Looking around everyone, he said with a firm word: "After the experiment was successful, I informed all counties and townships to bring farmers to visit. The facts I saw were far better than the boastfulness of nature. The people were not stupid. Who wouldn't want to buy more food? The next thing was a new routine, excellent grain purchase business."

Wu Kang stood up again, hung up the paper for "buying" and talked happily: "Using the reputation of the Wuzhou Yamen, we adhere to the principle of no-compulsiveness, and signed a contract with the interested farmers. The farmers first pay the money for grain cultivation. We select powerful merchants, form a caravan to go to the Linyi border, purchase excellent grain cultivation, and pay the money to the farmers according to the contract."

Everyone watched the monsters, nodding or shaking their heads. Lao Qi, one of the three military officials, expressed different opinions: "Wu Gong, when the test field results are released, we will directly write to the court to let the court negotiate with Linyi, which is better?"

Without waiting for Wu Kang to answer, Lu Huaiyuan smiled and said, "This is inappropriate for Qi to join the army. It takes time to report to the court. The court sends envoys to confirm it. The special envoys will return to Chang'an and the court officials will hold a meeting to discuss it. It takes time; the court meeting will pass, prepare copper coins, and inform Linyi. This will take time even more. After a while, at least one year."

Qi Zhanjun nodded without saying a word, and Sicang Sun Junjun said, "I am really hard to feel at ease when I hand over the merchants to buy grain. The merchants are cunning and obvious to all. We have never seen the rice in Chameng, and it is difficult to distinguish them before. If the merchants find some rice and the people are suffering, we will still have to take the blame."

This statement caused a new round of discussion, and scholars looked down on businessmen. After the discussion became weak, Wu Kang threw out his interests: "You are right and you cannot let the merchants cheat. But as I said just now, our state yamen came forward to select powerful merchants and form a joint caravan."

The old foxes were specifically emphasized on "selecting" and "strength". The old foxes instantly realized that this was a good opportunity to get rich, and there was no objection in an instant.
Chapter completed!