Feng Ziying also laughed, "Of course there is, for example, after returning to Beijing, help Brother Feng persuade Baoyu, and if someone asks or questions, I will also help Brother Feng explain and explain." ”

Shi Xiangyun was a little incredulous, "Brother Feng, that's it?" You don't need to say it to Second Brother Bao, the little sister will also help you explain, presumably Second Brother Bao is just making a fuss and venting, when he slowly eases up, he should understand that it is impossible for him and Sister Lin, well, not to mention that Sister Lin has never liked him, as for other people, does Brother Feng need to care? ”

This made Feng Ziying can't help but roll her eyes, "Yun'er, what do you mean by being able to care?" Although the old lady and Uncle Zhengshi also knew in their hearts that it would be impossible for Sister Lin to marry Baoyu, but after all, Baoyu was also the meat of their hearts, and Baoyu liked Sister Lin and was about to go crazy, could they not feel it at all? I'm going to marry Sister Lin so abruptly, if Baoyu smashes the jade and gets sick, I'm afraid that the old lady and Uncle Zhengshi, especially your aunt, will probably have some displeasure, you help Brother Feng to slow down his cheeks in front of them, isn't it much better? ”

was dumbfounded by Feng Ziying's words, Shi Xiangyun pouted, "It seems that Brother Feng has already calculated the little sister, no wonder Sister Bao said that you have no last resort, what is the reason to win and lose first,......"

Unexpectedly, Shi Xiangyun suddenly mentioned Baochai again, and Feng Ziying felt a little weak in her heart.

If this matter of marrying Baochai in the future is poked out, it is estimated that the people in Jiafu, well, especially Baoyu, may really go crazy, is this guarding to catch all the girls in Jiafu?

Seeing that Feng Ziying's expression was a little weird, Shi Xiangyun couldn't have imagined that Feng Ziying had already calculated Sister Bao into it, but he was a little curious, "Why is Brother Feng's expression, isn't what the little sister said wrong?" When you go to Jiangnan on a business trip, you have to include the trip to escort Sister Lin, and now this trip is going to Yangzhou or a business trip, and even the little sister is counted in to accompany Sister Lin, Brother Xunhuan, you still have to pull the girl up, Brother Feng, I found that you seem to be basically killing two birds with one stone,......"

"Where, where ,......" was scolded by a little girl like this, Feng Ziying was also embarrassed, "Yun'er, then you said that Brother Feng did these things right?" Is it good for everyone? Do you think it's bad? ”

Shi Xiangyun thought about it, but it was indeed a good thing for everyone, and everyone was willing, so he pouted stupidly: "Anyway, Brother Feng, you have too many thoughts, and the straight character of the little sister will be sold by you one day, I'm afraid I will have to help you count the money." ”

"It's over, it's over, Yun'er, when will your brother Feng still harm you?" Feng Ziying likes this girl's personality very much, no wonder she likes this kind of character, whether it is Baochai or Daiyu or Tanchun, and I don't know who will be able to hold the beauty in the future.

"Hmph, that's not necessarily, just like Second Brother Bao said, those who are officials, their hearts are all black, for their own future interests, they can do anything, Brother Feng has just become an official now, and after a long time, don't become like those people." Xiangyun squinted at Feng Ziying, and said insincerely.

"Baoyu's words are a pole that overturned a boatload of people, he said this, his uncle, and Uncle Zhengshi, Sister Lin's father, well, and Yun'er, your two uncles, aren't they all officials, are they all like this?" Feng Ziying smiled and quipped, "When this word reaches Uncle Zhengshi's ears, it is estimated that I really only have one sentence to give to Baoyu, be careful of your skin, hahaha,......"

This sentence is a common phrase in Jiafu, whether it is the maids scolding each other, or the master scaring the subordinates, or the elders threatening the juniors, this is the sentence, but I am afraid that the only one who can threaten Baoyu is Jia Zheng.

was amused by Feng Ziying's witty words, Shi Xiangyun was wearing a jujube peony silk jacket and a thick cloak of milky cotton wool, but he still couldn't cover the other party's figure.

As if sensing something, Shi Xiangyun quickly restrained his smile, but his cheeks were a little feverish, and he pulled the cotton wool cloak to cover his figure, and pretended to be calm: "Brother Feng, Second Brother Bao really wants to hate you for the rest of his life when he hears your words." ”

"If you hate me, you have to talk about him, of course it doesn't matter if you and I hear these words, but if outsiders hear them, maybe they will cause trouble for Uncle Zhengshi." Feng Ziying responded, "It's also that Rongguo Mansion takes care of him too well, and he hasn't suffered a loss, but he has to be reminded when he should be reminded, don't wait until he is old in the future and don't know anything, it will be uncomfortable if he really has a somersault." ”

Feng Ziying's exhortation Shi Xiangyun thought it was very true, although Second Brother Bao didn't like to study, it didn't matter, he didn't like to do things, it was up to him, but if he provoked right and wrong outside and caused trouble for the family, it would be really inappropriate.

It was the first time for Shi Xiangyun to have a long conversation with Feng Ziying like this, but she felt more and more that it was no wonder that Tan Yatou and Sister Lin both loved to talk to each other, the other party's words were both reasonable and to the point, and they were also humorous, and time passed unconsciously.

It's just that she delayed people's reading time for an afternoon, Shi Xiangyun was still a little embarrassed, and glanced at the book that the other party casually put on the table, "Bei Genglu", which also surprised her a little, this seems to be a book about farming.

"Brother Feng, what kind of book are you reading that makes you so interested?"

"Oh, a book on agronomy, about the experience of growing crops, it's very interesting, and it's also very valuable."

Feng Ziying also got this book in Beijing, and the number of prints was not much, but when he saw that it was Xu Guangqi's book, he was naturally interested.

He had the impression that Xu Guangqi's magnum opus was only "The Complete Book of Agricultural Administration", but he didn't expect that the other party would write such a book when he was in charge of the work in Tuntian.

The book details his experience in promoting potato cultivation in Weituntian, Tianjin, and incidentally introduces his experience in introducing sweet potato cultivation in Songjiang Dingwei a few years ago.

This also aroused Feng Ziying's great interest.

If Feng Ziying in "Taixi Water Law" only felt Xu Guangqi's erudition, and this "Northern Cultivation Record" is really a lifesaver.

Although he also knew that potatoes and sweet potatoes had been introduced to Chinese mainland, he also specially recruited people to inquire, in fact, these two types of crops have been planted in Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangsu.

But it is obvious that potatoes are not only adapted to a wider area, but also have a better effect, but sweet potatoes are not simple, and the advantages of choosing a place in the south can also be fully reflected, but it seems that these two kinds of products have been introduced to the Great Zhou for more than ten years, but there is no sign of popularization at all.

Even in Fujian, Zhejiang and Nanzhili regions, the planting area is quite small, and the vast majority of farmers are negative and skeptical of these two crops.

On the one hand, the planting technology is still in the exploration stage, on the other hand, the taste of potatoes and sweet potatoes is still a little different from the rice and wheat that the people are used to, and many people don't like it very much, so this directly leads to the fact that these two types of plants can only be planted in some remote areas, and it is difficult to popularize.

In particular, potatoes could have been popularized in the Jiubian region to give full play to their advantages of high yield, drought tolerance and cold tolerance, but they have not really entered the most suitable areas for planting such as Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Beizhi.

In order to solve the problem of military food supply in the northern region, especially in the nine borders, the opening of the Chinese and French areas has already been in a predicament, and to be honest, the cost of adopting the method of commercial tun in the nine border areas is indeed high, and the yield of wheat per mu is too low, and it is not at all the same as that of potatoes.

The reason why it has not been popularized in the northern region is that in addition to the lack of attention from the government, in Feng Ziying's view, it is largely due to the inertia of thinking and the adaptation of people's tastes.

However, in Feng Ziying's view, all this has to give way to survival, when the north encounters a great drought and eats easily, when the common people can only eat Guanyin soil to fill their stomachs, when the government has no grain relief that may cause civil unrest, do you still care about potatoes or rice and wheat? The answer is not asked.

However, Xu Guangqi did not mention the cultivation of corn in this "Northern Cultivation Record", which also surprised Feng Ziying.

As far as he knew, corn was grown in the Shanglin Imperial Garden, and it was also grown around Kyoshi Castle, and even cornmeal became a fashionable food, but it was far from popular.

This made Feng Ziying not understand why this crop, which should also have the same ability to solve the problem of hunger and fullness in the late Ming Dynasty in the previous life, was not very popular.

He still has to take a closer look at the reason why the crop seeds themselves have not adapted to the land of China, or because the dietary habits have not been widely accepted.

"Brother Feng, you are the editor of the Hanlin Academy, why do you still read this kind of book?" Shi Xiangyun was puzzled.

"Hehe, Yun'er, don't underestimate these books, let alone ignore agriculture, ninety percent of the hundreds of millions of people in the Great Zhou Dynasty are farmers, without them farming, who will feed the officials, gentry and the army?" Feng Ziying can also understand the puzzlement of Shi Xiangyun and others, "If one mu of land can increase the harvest by one catty, we will be able to harvest an additional four million stone of grain every year, and do you know how much grain our Jingshi City transports from Jiangnan every year through Cao Yun?" ”

These words naturally stopped Shi Xiangyun, Feng Ziying didn't care, and asked herself: "It's probably four or five million stones, this not only includes the food needed by the millions of people in Jingshi, but even includes the needs of some soldiers in the surrounding areas, but as long as the fields across the country can harvest one pound per mu, the people in our Jingshi City will come out with the food they need for a year." ”

A simple truth also touched Shi Xiangyun a little, although she still didn't quite understand the logic and specific cause and effect that Feng Ziying talked about, but she could really feel that this big brother Feng in front of her was really different from other officials, and it was not like the group of officials that Second Brother Bao said.