Wuding Marquis Guo Xun and Zhang Xuan and others were drinking happily until the cup was dry, and a domestic servant suddenly ran in in a panic and reported: "The master is not good, the young master Shouqian was beaten by others." ”

Guo Xun frowned and said angrily: "Which little rabbit did it?" ”

Don't look at Guo Xun's previous repair by Xu Jin very badly, but in fact, there are not many people who dare to provoke Guo Xun, unless it is a nobleman with a similar background or a higher status, so when Guo Xun heard that someone beat his son, he immediately thought that it was done by other Xungui's children.

The servant looked strange and said, "Yes...... It was ordered by the emperor to fight! ”

The British public Zhang Lun squirted out a sip of wine, and everyone else present showed surprise, Guo Xun's face changed suddenly, and he stood up suddenly and blurted out: "What? What the hell is going on, then...... How did the animals provoke the emperor? ”

The servant was so frightened by Guo Xun's expression that he wanted to choose someone to devour, and fell to his knees, and said deliciously: "Back to the master, the young master of Shouqian, after watching the kicking game, they went to the white jade pavilion in the town to have fun, and Tang Xianji, the second son of Lingbi Hou, who knew that he happened to be bumped into by the emperor who was traveling in microclothes, and the emperor ordered to beat people, not only the young master Shouqian was beaten, but also the young master Sun of the Chengguo family was beaten......

Guo Xun couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief after listening to the description of the servant, fortunately, it was not his son who offended the emperor, but was affected by the bastard of the Lingbi Hou family.

Zhang Xuan and others suddenly realized that Tang Xianji, the second son of Lingbi Hou Tang Shaozong, had been elected as a concubine and had been edicted to the world, and he would marry Princess Yongfu in August this year.

"This bastard thing, wait until you get back and take a look at his skin. Alas, Ben Hou has no way to teach his son, which makes you laugh! Guo Xun said this, but his expression was relaxed and he sat down again, as long as it was not his son who offended the emperor, it would be easy to do, as for what his son was beaten by the emperor, he didn't care, in short, if the person didn't die, anyway, he himself usually didn't beat him less.

At this moment, another servant ran out to report: "Master, the Marquis of Lingbi asked to see him outside the door, saying that he was looking for the British grandfather in an urgent matter, and asked the British grandfather to take a trip." ”

The British prince Zhang Lun frowned, and said in a good time: "Yes, I must have asked my father-in-law to help his son wipe his ass!" After speaking, he drank all the wine in the cup and stood up, arched his hand and said, "You continue, my lord is the first to be with you." ”

Zhang Xuan and the others hurriedly stood up to see each other, and Zhang Lun left the table proudly and walked out of the living room and came to the gate of Guo's mansion.

I saw that Lingbi Marquis Tang Shaozong was waiting anxiously outside Guo's mansion, and as soon as he saw Zhang Lun, he rushed forward like a savior: "Brother Zhang, you must help my brother this time, the little rabbit cub at home was bumped into by the emperor when he was visiting the Qinglou, and the emperor beat this bastard in a fit of anger, this ...... How is it good! ”

Zhang Lun said with a smile: "I said Brother Tang, it's normal for men to act outside, just know to go home at night, the emperor himself is also a man, he will understand, why panic." ”

Tang Shaozong said with a bitter face: "Brother Zhang, my grandfather, don't talk cool at this time, royal princess, golden branches and jade leaves, how can you compare with ordinary women, the emperor is angry, maybe he will cancel this marriage." ”

Zhang Lun patted Tang Shaozong's shoulder and comforted: "The emperor's golden mouth and jade words, how can you say that you will change the things that have been edicted to the world, not to mention that visiting the Qinglou is not a big deal, go back and let your family enter the palace to admit your mistake to the Empress Dowager Jiang and the emperor, and promise not to make it again in the future, it will be fine!" ”

Tang Shaozong's heart was a little settled, and he said with a smile: "I have to trouble Brother Zhang's aunt again." ”

It is said that the British prince Zhang Lun has an aunt surnamed Jiang, who is the cousin of the Empress Dowager Jiang, and the reason why Tang Shaozong's second son Tang Xianji was able to be selected as a concubine is to take the path of Zhang Lun's aunt.

It was precisely because Zhang Lun's aunt praised Tang Xianji in front of the Empress Dowager Jiang, and Tang Xianji did have a good skin, so the Empress Dowager Jiang gave Princess Yongfu's marriage after seeing it.

Let's say that Tang Shaozong asked his mother-in-law Zheng and the British Gong Zhang Lun's aunt Jiang to take his second son Tang Xianji into the palace to ask to see the Empress Dowager Jiang.

As expected by the British Duke Zhang Lun, Zheng wept and confessed his mistake to the Empress Dowager Chiang, and the Empress Dowager Chiang's cousin Chiang said yes from the side, which finally calmed the anger of the Empress Dowager Chiang. Empress Dowager Jiang reprimanded Tang Xianji in person, and ordered him to think about it behind closed doors for three months, and the matter was revealed.

Zhu Houxi was so angry that he wanted to cancel this marriage, but he couldn't stand the persuasion of the old lady, and the edict to recruit the horse had been issued, so canceling it at this time was afraid of making people laugh at the world, and Zhu Houxi, this kid, probably also thought that a man's visit to the Qinglou was not a big evil, just change it, so he decided to give Tang Xianji another chance. In this way, a farce ended, and Tang Xianji was lucky enough to keep his status as a quasi-concubine.

Time is like an arrow, and in the blink of an eye, the year is over. On the eighteenth day of the first month of the fourth year of Jiajing, Xu Jin left the capital with his family, took a boat south at Tongzhou Wharf, returned to Shangrao Province, Jiangxi Province to worship his ancestors, and attended the wedding of his second brother-in-law to thank Erjian. It is said that Xie Erjian and Cen Lan's wedding will be held in their hometown in Jiangxi, and the date will be on the first day of the first month of March, and there is still a month and a half to go, so it should be in time.

Not long after Xu Jin moved his family south, Zhang Xuan recommended Yan Song in front of Emperor Jiajing to serve as the envoy of the Oriental Protectorate, and Emperor Jiajing readily agreed, and ordered the Ministry of Officials and the Cabinet to discuss the matter. Although Yan Song did not have outstanding political achievements, he was cautious, did not offend anyone in the court, and stayed out of the matter during the Great Rites Meeting, so his appointment was quickly approved.

On the first day of the second month of the fourth year of Jiajing, Yan Song, the priest of the country, left the capital and took a boat from the Tongzhou wharf to Yangzhou, preparing to go east to Japan with great ambition, serving as the procurator of the Oriental Protectorate, and taking charge of the local prison proceedings.

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On the second day of February in the fourth year of Jiajing, the dragon raised its head, and the spring ploughing festival was held. The Loess Plateau is beginning to thaw, and the frozen Cangtou River is gradually melting under the thawing spring sun, and you can hear the rustle coming from under the ice, which is the sound of flowing ice rubbing against the ice.

In the afternoon, the sky of Youyu County actually fell with a cold rain, and it is estimated that in another month and a half, those bare mountains will be full of brilliant Yingshan red.

Black Terrace Mountain.

Xue Bingxin was wearing a set of coarse cloth clothes, wearing a hat, wearing a robe, and walking on the slanting wind and drizzle mountain road with a basket, even the jinghai cloth did not damage her beauty, but added a bit of simple beauty.

At this moment, Xue Bingxin was followed by hundreds of men and women, all of whom were carrying hoes, shovels, ploughs and birches and other farm tools, and some people were carrying bamboo baskets like Xue Bingxin.

Xue Bingxin's bamboo basket was full of sweet potatoes, but these sweet potatoes had been cut into pieces, and small green sprouts had grown.

There is no doubt that these sweet potatoes are saved seeds, after the New Year, Xue Bingxin asked people to cut these sweet potatoes into pieces and bury them in the sand, and water them with warm water every day, and now these tubers have grown seedlings, so Xue Bingxin plans to take advantage of today's spring rain to plant these seedlings in the ground, and then cut them to plant after the vines grow luxuriant.

The vines of sweet potatoes grow very quickly, as long as a month will grow very luxuriant, in March just cut down and planted, Xue Bingxin estimates that the vines bred by these grains should be enough to plant twenty or thirty acres of land, if the autumn can harvest a thousand catties, the problem of the shortage of cottage food will be effectively alleviated.

The land on Heitai Mountain is very barren, the weathering is very serious, and the soil is very shallow, not suitable for planting at all, so it can only be planted on the land reclaimed near the foot of the mountain, however, the soil at the foot of Heitai Mountain is not much stronger, and the yield of sweet potatoes planted elsewhere can reach more than 1,000 catties, but the yield of sweet potatoes per mu at the foot of Heitai Mountain is only two or three hundred catties, and the size is still small.

But it's better to have a harvest than no at all, isn't it?

Xue Bingxin took a group of laborers in the village to the foot of Heitai Mountain, braved the spring rain and began to cultivate in full swing, everyone was full of desire for a bumper harvest. However, fate will always give you a hard blow when you are full of hope......