Chapter 137 Grilled Fish
"Why worry so much? This village is Xi'er's hometown. Most villagers have always been simple-minded, let alone a large group of guards here, so there will be no danger." Song Ziting's casual voice sounded, and when Jiang Hexi, who was unable to bear his face, his eyes flashed and he said with a smile: "What do the county lord think?"
"I agree very much!" Jiang Hexi nodded quickly and said to Huo Jingchen: "No, don't worry, our village is very safe. Besides, as a prince, you should not be ignorant of grain and millet. It is also great to let the third prince understand the difficulties of the people."
"Yes, this is a rare learning opportunity. Hasn't the third prince always easy to learn? Now he can experience the people's sentiment." Song Ziting smiled and immediately echoed.
"Yeah." Xiao Han nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, looking at Huo Jingchen pitifully.
Looking at the few people who were venting their anger at the nostrils, Huo Jingchen couldn't help glaring at Song Ziting. He didn't want to disappoint them and said unwillingly: "Okay, but Your Highness is not allowed to run around and cannot leave my minister's sight."
Seeing that Huo Jingchen agreed, Xiao Han was overjoyed, pulled Huo Jingchen's big palm and smiled and promised: "Don't worry, brother, don't worry, Ahan must be good."
Feeling the soft touch of the palm, Huo Jingchen's eyebrows and eyes softened, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Then let's go!" Looking at the two people in a harmonious atmosphere, Jiang Hexi pursed his lips and relaxed his expression.
"Um!"
The group walked out of the house in a mighty manner and slowly walked around the village.
"Sister Xi, what is that?" When she walked to Jiang Hexi's vegetable garden, Xiao Han pointed to a piece of green vegetable field inside the vegetable garden and asked in confusion.
Jiang Hexi looked up and smiled and said, "This is a white radish, which I planted a few days ago."
"So this is the radish seedling!" Xiao Han opened his phoenix eyes in surprise and looked at the vegetables in the vegetable garden with great enthusiasm.
Seeing his full interest, Jiang Hexi showed up and said with a smile: "As the saying goes, winter radish is like ginseng. This white radish has the effects of relieving cough and relieving phlegm, eliminating dryness and promoting fluid, clearing heat and relieving poison and facilitating defecation."
"Also, the leaves and stems of this radish can also be used to soak your feet to treat frostbite, so the radish is full of treasures!" Jiang Hexi raised his chin proudly and looked at Xiao Han with a smile on his face.
"So this radish is so amazing!" Xiao Han said with great emotion, and couldn't help but think of his past dislike of radish's bad taste, and he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.
Jiang Hexi seemed to have not seen it, pointed to the farmland not far away and said, "Please look at the golden thing, that piece of golden thing is wheat. In a few days, the villagers will plan to harvest wheat. My knitting workshop and winery will make wheat leave specially to let them harvest wheat with peace of mind."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Han said in confusion: "But I heard from Brother Wen that the villagers' wages are very high, so why do you still have to plant wheat? Isn't that very hard?"
"Although the villagers' wages are very high now, Dasheng is a major agricultural country and has always respected agriculture. The villagers have planted them all their lives and their deepest feelings for the land."
"Also, the villagers felt that only when the land in their homes had food, they would be at ease, so they still worked while farming."
"Besides, agriculture is the foundation of the country. All other industries are based on agriculture. Food security is the foundation for a country to settle down. If our prosperous people go to do business, then our country will be extremely dangerous."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Han looked at Jiang Hexi with anticipation.
Even Huo Jingchen and Song Ziting looked at her with great interest.
Jiang Hexi didn't care about the eyes of the few people and continued to speak: "With food, there are grain merchants, with vegetables, with vegetable vendors, with cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, and other industries. Therefore, agriculture is the foundation of commerce."
"No matter how developed a country's business is, if it is developed by relying on other countries' food and other raw materials, the lifeline of this country will be firmly controlled by other countries. If one day a war between two countries with equal strength occurs, which country will suffer a loss?"
Xiao Han said confidently: "The country with food."
"That's right! Because people cannot stop eating, we cannot live without food every day. Moreover, Dasheng has a large population and extremely high demand for food. Food security must be ensured, otherwise the country will be in danger."
Xiao Han asked in confusion: "Does the people be banned from doing business? Let them all go to farm?"
"No!" Jiang Hexi immediately denied it, looked at Xiao Han who was puzzled, smiled slightly, and explained: "Although it is said that agriculture is the basis, it cannot suppress business."
"Our country now has more high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn, which can roughly solve the problem of hunger and does not need to develop agriculture by suppressing commerce."
"And, after the grain is planted, it will only be transported to those in need. The crops suitable for planting in the north and south are different. Without commerce, we would not have the colorful life we have today."
"But, business often earns more money than agriculture. In order to encourage farmers to farm, the state will curb the development of merchants, such as salt and iron monopoly, impose heavy taxes on merchants, and restrict merchants' imperial examinations. These are all means to balance rural merchants."
"If the country can completely abolish the agricultural tax, Dasheng's agriculture will probably be more developed and business will benefit a lot." Jiang Hexi couldn't help but think of the past and was filled with emotion.
Song Ziting suddenly spoke: "But Dasheng's current treasury is mainly supported by agricultural tax, and it is impossible to abolish agricultural tax."
Hearing this, Jiang Hexi was stunned for a moment, and after a long time he laughed, lowered his eyes and said softly: "I'm thinking a little bit."
"However, if Dasheng's national strength becomes stronger in the future, one day the agricultural tax can be abolished!" Xiao Han clenched his fists, his eyebrows were flying, and his spirits were very energetic.
Looking at the emperor who was obviously Xiao Douding's figure in front of him, but could be seen from his eyebrows and eyes. Jiang Hexi was stunned for a long time and couldn't help but think of the comments of the male protagonist after his death in the original book.
Emperor Xuancheng, who was civil and military, pacified the world, governed with clarity and followed the flow of good deeds for thousands of years, was only one person!
"Don't Your Highness like to eat fish? Ping'an Village is close to Jingjiang. The water in Jingjiang is clear and sweet, and the fish inside is even more delicious. Do you want to try it?" Huo Jingchen's low voice full of seductiveness broke the quiet atmosphere at this moment.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Han's eyes lit up and he said excitedly: "Okay!"
So the few people turned around and walked to the Jingjiang River not far from the village.
The clear and clear river is located at the foot of the winding and undulating mountain, like a bright ribbon flowing quietly, calm and deep.
"Jingyun, go and cut some bamboos over." Huo Jingchen ordered to Jingyun on the side.
"Yes." Jingyun responded with his fists and strode to the bamboo forest next door.
After a cup of tea, Jingyun and several guards walked back with a pile of green bamboos.
Jiang Hexi and Xiao Han blinked their big eyes and looked at Huo Jingchen curiously.
He pulled out the sharp sword from his waist with a thud, and in a few seconds he cut the ends of several bamboos into sharp blades. Then he walked straight into Jiangliu with the bamboo, lowered his head and watched Jiangliu quietly for a while, and suddenly stabbed the bamboo blade in his hand.
With a thud, as Huo Jingchen moves through the flowing water, a fat big fish was tightly hooked by Li Zhu, and a crystal water droplet was thrown out from the air.
"Wow!" Jiang Hexi and Xiao Han rushed over, their eyes shiningly looking at Huo Jingchen, who was still extremely tall and mighty even though they were wet, and they only felt that he was very handsome.
"Well, you are so awesome! How did you do this? I want to try it too." Jiang Hexi looked at the big fish in Huo Jingchen's hand with shiny eyes, which made his hands itchy.
"I want to learn too!" When Xiao Han heard this, he waved his hands and said that he also wanted to learn this superb skill.
Hearing this, Huo Jingchen's originally complacent face stiffened. Looking at the two people who were expecting it, he sighed helplessly, "No, the river is cold, you should not go down, just let Jingyun and the others catch fish. You can wait and eat on the shore."
After speaking, Huo Jingchen winked at Jingyun and Bai on the side.
The two of them immediately understood what he meant, and they cut the bamboo and walked into the river, stabbing fish.
Jiang Hexi and Xiao Han saw Huo Jingchen's persistent expression and knew that they were thinking too much. They walked back to the bank of the river in disappointment, staring at Jingyun and Bai and others catching fish.
Looking at the two of them who looked exactly the same greedy cat, Huo Jingchen laughed softly, called his guards over, and whispered a few instructions.
After a while, Jiang Hexi and Xiao Han were attracted by the fragrance of freshness. When they turned around, they saw Huo Jingchen grilling fish on the pile of stones.
"It smells so good!" Jiang Hexi looked at the grilled fish in front of him with bright eyes, and couldn't help swallowing.
Xiao Han was also very greedy, so he looked at the grilled fish with a gaze and even raised his chin.
Seeing the two people who were drooling completely regardless of their image, Song Ziting, who was beside him, twitched his lips, silently looked away, and pretended to be careless and admired the surrounding scenery.
"You can eat later, wait a little longer." Looking at the two people swallowing hard, Huo Jingchen chuckled, but his subordinates kept moving.
"Well, I didn't expect you to be able to grill fish. It's so amazing." Jiang Hexi couldn't help but look at Huo Jingchen with envy, and suddenly thought of his clumsy self, and couldn't help but sigh.
"I have been fighting on the battlefield all year round, and I used to do tasks. It was common for me to stay in the forest for ten days and half a month, so I naturally had to learn these." Huo Jingchen's mouth curled up, and a low and gentle voice sounded.
Xiao Han looked at Huo Jingchen with admiration, feeling that his image in his heart became taller and taller, and exclaimed: "Brother Wuyang, you are so awesome."
Chapter completed!