Eat in different ways.

With the sweet potato harvest in Zhenhai City, these agricultural experts who had been exposed to sweet potatoes immediately began to reflect on the fact that they were actually inferior to Cheng Shijie, a martial artist.

Cheng Shijie knew how to fight and was able to fight. That was his specialty as a manager, but farming was their specialty. In his own field of expertise, he was inferior to a layman.

These agricultural experts couldn't keep their faces off. They were guarding their wheat fields and eating their rice, but they felt that the food no longer tasted good.

…

Zhenhai City, Xu Family Courtyard.

After Xu Shumin from the Xu Four Group came to Liaonan, she quickly fell in love with bathing. She took a hot bath every day and then went to bed. It was very refreshing and very comfortable.

When Xu Shumin was getting ready to go to bed, she suddenly felt a commotion on the street outside her door.

Zhenhai City is a very livable city. There has never been any trouble. There are not many things that disturb her rest like today.

"what happened?"

Catherine said: "They all said that Governor Cheng... planted a new crop, and now it has a good harvest. The yield per mu is as high as more than three thousand catties, and in some fields it is even more than four thousand catties..."

As the granddaughter of Xu Guangqi, although Xu Shumin is also an eldest lady who has no fingers in the spring water, she is clear about basic common sense such as grain yield and crop harvest time. She immediately laughed and said: "How is this possible? Who made up this nonsense?

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"I don't believe it either, but people outside say so, there is no smoke without fire, I'm afraid it may not be true!"

"Go and find out what's going on!"

Lying on the bed, Xu Shumin was not sleepy at the moment. As the granddaughter of Xu Guangqi, the children of the Xu family were all content with themselves. Xu Guangqi had never taken a concubine in his life, and he only had one son, his father Xu Ji. Xu Shumin's sisters and brothers all maintained

With such a family tradition.

However, under the general environment of the Ming Dynasty, it was actually quite difficult for the children of the Xu family to get married. They had to choose someone who was of the right family and who was clean and self-sufficient. Such people were not uncommon in the Ming Dynasty, they were very rare.

Officials who did not take concubines, including Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Yuanhua, also had several concubines.

She actually knew the reason why Xu Shumin came to Liaonan.

Regarding the marriage between Cheng Shijie and Cheng Shijie, the first thing to consider is age. In the Ming Dynasty, there was an age gap, but twenty years was not too big, and this was normal.

Many scholars only take concubines without getting married. That's it. By the time they become Jinshi, most of them are in their thirties or forties, and it is not uncommon for some to be in their forties.

Cheng Shijie is only thirty-six years old now. Although he is married and has a son, the problem is that Cheng Shijie is a good man who conforms to the canon.

According to Cheng Shijie's identity and status, it would not be a problem for him to have a hundred concubines, and no one would say anything. Now many people in southern Liaoning are worried that Cheng Shijie has no son. Many people use every opportunity to advise Cheng Shijie and ask him to hurry up.

Get married, or take a concubine.

Regardless of whether he is a legitimate son or a concubine, having a biological son from Cheng Shijie is better than having no son at all.

Xu Shumin did not dislike Cheng Shijie's appearance. Although Cheng Shijie was not as frail as the Jiangnan scholars, he had a very rare temperament.

In Catherine's words, Cheng Shijie is a very manly man.

But the problem is that Cheng Shijie didn't have any strange thoughts about her. He didn't chat with her to enhance his relationship, and he didn't find anyone to propose marriage to the Xu family. Everyone came over, but he was treated as nothing.

This made Xu Shumin very frustrated.

To be fair, Xu Shumin is a beautiful woman. Regardless of her figure, appearance, or family background, she is the best choice. But Cheng Shijie is not interested in her, what can she do?

Catherine had some advice for her and invited Cheng Shijie to dinner...

This method was directly abandoned by Xu Shumin. Are you kidding me? If this is true, what will happen to her?

As for Lian'er's method of seducing Cheng Shijie, it was even more unreliable.

Even though Cheng Shijie often runs around, the question is, who can get close to him easily?

Which of his trips did he not have hundreds of guards to protect him airtight?

Once, when Cheng Shijie was traveling, a frightened horse rushed towards his carriage. Cheng Shijie's bodyguard beat General Wu Sheng to death with just one punch, like a tall horse.

If Wu Sheng misunderstood him, one punch from him would be enough to smash his little head into pieces...

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It was not only Xu Shumin who was worried about marriage, but also Xie Zongze. Although Xie Zongze had a high official position, his family background was not prominent, and he was not famous for his poems and articles, his temper was indescribably stubborn.

At first, it was because he had interfered with the marriage of his daughter Xie Susu, but as he was the dean of Jinzhou Academy, he also served as a member of the Liaodong Management Committee, and both father and son joined the management committee.

In the view of traditional literati such as Xie Zongze, members of the Liaodong Management Committee are responsible for the education work in Liaodong. If placed in other provinces, this should be the level of a provincial education system.

What's more, his son Xie Jinglin, a blessing in disguise, served as the Commerce Department and enjoyed Dusi-level treatment. So Dusi can be regarded as a fourth-rank official, at least at the prefect level.

Since then, Xie Zongze's attitude has become tougher again. A scholar... no dog would marry his daughter to a poor scholar, at least he is a scholar.

It's best to be a Jinshi...

Because the Xie family's family status in southern Liaoning is getting higher and higher, of course, more and more people want to marry the Xie family. Matchmakers come to visit in groups, and many of them are satisfied with Xie Zongze.

But the problem is that this old girl from the Xie family is arrogant.

I would rather marry a centurion than a scholar.

This is Xie Susu's principle and his bottom line.

There are not many people in Liaonan who can catch Xie Zongze's eyes.

Warrior.

Even at Chang Yu's level, he was considered one of the top five generals under Cheng Shijie. He was young and unmarried, but he looked down upon Chang Yu's family background. Chang Yu's father was just an ordinary military household, making Xie Zongze become a blind and illiterate old man.

In-laws, that would be worse than killing him.

As for Shen Mingyu, he is a little older. His father is from Qianhu, Guide Prefecture, and he has a good official body. But the problem is that Shen Mingyu is not a good bird. Now Shen Mingyu has seven concubines, five of whom are eldest.

Got a stomachache...

Although Xie Zongze believed that Shen Mingyu did not dare to pamper his concubine and kill his wife, so Xie Susu was angry, but the problem was that when Xie Susu saw Shen Mingyu, he said that he would rather become a nun and accompany the Buddha with a green lantern.

Xie Susu was annoyed by the matchmaking team, so she set her own rules for the matchmaking team: "First, the other party must be from Liaonan, and they are not allowed to leave Liaonan for life. Second, after the other party gets married, they are not allowed to take concubines.

Third, the other party must serve Xie Zongze and his wife for life together with Miss Xie;

If one of these three conditions is not met, the marriage cannot occur. Xie Susu made it clear that the marriage was forced. If the three chapters of the agreement are violated in the future, Xie Susu will divorce and remarry.

These conditions are very harsh. The first condition is that Ms. Xie expresses her unwillingness to marry too far away from her parents. The second condition is that Ms. Xie expresses her hope that her future husband will follow the example of Fang Xuanling, the famous Prime Minister of Zhenguan.

, the third condition is that Miss Xie clearly tells the other party that it is your obligation to honor my parents, but to honor your parents - it is your own obligation, the obligation of your brother and sister-in-law.

When Cheng Shijie heard this condition, he was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.

He even wondered whether Miss Xie had traveled through time in later generations...

Otherwise, how could there be such advanced concepts?

At the same time, Cheng Shijie was also curious about Miss Xie.

Cheng Shijie didn't have any reaction yet, but following Xie Susu's three-part agreement, the entire southern Liaoning exploded.

"I really thought I was a golden branch and a jade leaf!"

"What good things do you want to do?"

"Is this the Xie family tradition?? Xie Zongze, an old man, is really doing his own evil!"

"Who in the whole of Liaonan can meet her criteria for selecting a son-in-law?"

"Don't say no, there is actually someone who fits the bill!"

"who?"

"Our Liaodong Economic and Strategic Envoy, Mr. Cheng!"

"I'm afraid this standard is for Mr. Cheng!"

"Toad wants to eat!"

Cheng Shijie naturally didn't know that he had been formed into swan meat.

After learning about the bumper harvest of sweet potatoes in southern Liaoning, Gao Qiqian, the nominal supervisor of the Ning Navy, could not sit still. He hurriedly took a boat from Dengzhou to Liaonan, then rode a fast horse and led a group of eunuchs and royal guards.

Hurry up and head to Zhenhai City.

"What kind of wind brings father-in-law here!"

Gao Qiqian did not greet Cheng Shijie politely, but directly smiled and said: "Is it true that the yield per mu is three thousand catties?"

"The most fertile field yields 4,652 kilograms per mu!"

"It's so auspicious, why not present it to the emperor!"

Cheng Shijie said in surprise: "Is this auspiciousness?"

"Isn't this considered auspicious? In the past, when have we ever seen a yield of more than 4,000 kilograms of grain per acre?"

Cheng Shijie was really speechless.

Gao Qiqian became anxious: "Hey, General Cheng, hurry up and write a note and give us a few carts of sweet potatoes. We will dedicate them to His Majesty..."

What does it mean that the emperor is not anxious but the eunuch is anxious?

This is probably it.
Chapter completed!