In the blink of an eye, it is already July of the fourth year of Chunhua, and the first batch of corn planted by Zhao Weiji, covering about half an acre of land, has entered the tasseling period.

After Zhao Weiji, who had gone crazy at sea, returned to the Central Plains and lived a shameless life with his two wives for three days, he devoted himself to corn planting.

According to the Indians, the growth cycle of corn is not long, so the corn at this time is not too far away from maturity.

Looking at the shaped corn stalks and the opened leaves in the field, Zhao Weiji felt so happy from the bottom of his heart. At this moment, Tie Zheng came to the field.

"How's it going over there?" Seeing Tie Zheng's arrival, Zhao Weiji naturally knew that there was new news coming from Shu.

"What else can we do? The officials have been defeated again, and the rebels have already occupied Shuzhou."

"Then there isn't any new action from the imperial court?"

"No, that Zhang Shu stood up and defended Zhang Qi again, saying that it was because the Sichuan Army's new kneading was still shallow, and if given more time, there would be a turning point."

"Okay, I want to see what kind of new twists and turns there will be. Let's not talk about Shu. Let's go and take you to see the tomatoes." After saying that, Zhao Weiji took Tie Zheng to the trellis carrying tomatoes to check.

How are tomatoes grown with corn growing?

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"What's going on with the imperial court? Will reinforcements be sent to reinforce it?" The person who asked his subordinates was Zhang Qi, the inspector of the Xichuan capital. The three months of bandit suppression war had already made this man, who was not even five years old,

Ten people already have more white hair than black hair. Now he has nothing but worries every day.

He knows the military strength of Shu very well now. Defense in various places is already very difficult, let alone dispatching troops to suppress the bandits. This group of rebels is very cunning. After they raised their troops from Qingcheng, they encountered each other in Qiongzhou.

, as soon as they arrived in Shuzhou, they kept wandering north and south to the west of Chengdu. The officers and soldiers could not guess where they were going next.

We can only deploy the officers and soldiers in a circle around Chengdu. In this case, we can only passively defend. How can we start suppressing bandits?

"Master Zhang Shu in the court said that there is no need to give us reinforcements. He said that what we lack now is just running in, and he will buy time for us."

Upon hearing the report from his subordinates, Zhang Qi was so angry that he almost vomited blood. Does Zhang Shu want to help me or harm me? I don't even have time to deal with the soldiers now. If he really thinks about the Song Dynasty, he should make suggestions.

The officials sent troops to conquer the rebels.

Why did Zhang Shu come up with such a bad idea? It was because he wanted to conceal Qi Yuanzhen's affairs. How could Zhang Shu not know what Qi Yuanzhen was like? It was just that he had accepted a large amount of bribes from Qi Yuanzhen, so he praised him profusely in front of Taizong.

Give him a try.

This peasant uprising is indispensable for the factors of government-forced rebellion. Once it is quickly put down, Qi Yuanzhen's case will inevitably be revealed. Therefore, Zhang Shu hopes that this uprising can be delayed longer and cause greater losses, and then

If they were pacified again, then the imperial court would focus on settling the rebels and rebuilding Shu. It would not spend too much time investigating the reasons for the murder of these corrupt officials.

This is why Zhang Shu is still obstructing the imperial court in sending troops to quell the rebellion, because he knows that the central imperial army can quickly put down the rebellion, but it is not so easy for the Xiang army stationed in Shu to put down the rebellion.

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More than a month has passed like this, and autumn has entered in the blink of an eye, but the Kingdom of Tianfu is still in a state of war. The court's reinforcements still have not arrived, the Xiang army is still so powerless, and the rebels are still attacking arrogantly.

Sweeping.

The farmers who had already entered the rhythm of autumn harvest all lost their homes due to the baptism of war. Some of them joined the rebel army and began their rebellious career. However, more people were forced to move away from home and became new refugees.

"Your Majesty, a large number of refugees from Shu are leaving Shuzhong and fleeing to other places every day."

"Okay, it's time to gather all our river boats and sail upstream along the Yangtze River to pick up all the refugees who are willing to come to Huating."

"Yes, Your Majesty." After waiting for Zhao Weiji's order, Jiang Yu hurriedly turned around and left.

At this time, Chai Yu brought two bowls of tea and entered the study.

"I have heard what you said. I have no objection to your willingness to take in all the refugees, but with so many refugees, will our food reserves be a problem?"

After taking a bowl of tea from Chai Yu and taking a sip, Zhao Weiji slowly explained: "There is no problem with the grain reserves. Although there was a drought in the Jianghuai area last year, this year's harvest should be pretty good. Haven't we started planting?

Has Champa rice been introduced to the Fujian Road side for planting? Although the number of refugees is huge, at most there will be no surplus food this year, but don’t worry, corn planting has been successful. As long as it is promoted next year, it will definitely

It can accommodate more refugees."

Speaking of corn, Chai Yu couldn't help but admire this novel food that her husband brought back. These yellow particles are indeed delicious, and they don't need too much to satisfy hunger. The key is that the yield is really high. It's only half

Two hundred kilograms of corn have been produced from just one mu of land, which made Chai Yu really happy.

Zhao Weiji is also very happy about this. Although it is not like the corn that can produce 600 to 700 kilograms per mu in later generations, in this era when rice can only produce about 300 kilograms per mu, this is already a very high yield.

Moreover, if corn is dried and ground into corn noodles, it can be stored for a long time, so it is not impossible to use it as a non-staple food with rice noodles.

And the most important thing is that in this era, not all fields are planted with rice or wheat, but more with corn. Therefore, Zhao Weiji is quite optimistic about the prospects of corn.

"Okay, you can just take care of it yourself. By the way, tell me a few words about Ling'er. The gentleman at the academy has been saying that Ling'er is not very obedient in class."

"Okay, I understand. I will go to Ling'er. You can also help Xiaonian more. After all, she is very heavy now."

Due to Zhao Weiji's unremitting efforts after returning, Li Nian finally became pregnant. Now his belly is four months old and his body has begun to gain weight.

As for the academy that Chai Yu mentioned, it was a new thing created by Zhao Weiji. He established an academy for children aged six to twelve years old. The surname is a bit like the elementary schools of later generations. Those who are already over six years old

Zhao Ling'er naturally entered this academy. The dean of the academy was Mr. Liu Ao, the great scholar who had initiated Zhao Ling'er. Zhao Weiji specially invited him here from White Deer Academy. The name of the academy was inscribed by Mr. Liu Ao himself.

It's called Yuying Academy.

Since Zhao Weiji also implements a free system in "primary school", Yuying Academy now has more than a thousand students taking classes there. Not only students from Huating County, but also students from other prefectures and counties have entered the academy to study.

Zhao Weiji also met a later celebrity there, Liu Yong, who was now the same age as Zhao Ling'er. Unexpectedly, he also entered the academy.

Moreover, he and Zhao Ling'er were in the same class. The system of the academy is like this. It is divided into three grades according to the foundation and age before admission. Tiandixuan is used to represent from high to low, and then each grade is divided into three grades.

The four classes are represented by A, B, C and D respectively. Therefore, Class 2 of the third grade is Class B.

The reason why it is not divided into six grades and one level per year like the primary schools in later generations is because there is really not much that needs to be handed over to students in this era. Therefore, the graduation from the academy is not an exact number of years. The grade is just to reduce the age difference.

The older children are just distinguished. And there is no saying that they cannot graduate from the academy. Everyone must graduate as long as they reach the age of twelve. What really determines the learning progress is the class. When entering school, those with the highest foundation will enter Class A, and those with the next highest grades will enter Class A.

Class B, and so on. If you make rapid progress after starting to learn, then jump forward, if not, jump back.

In short, Class D is the most basic and slowest to teach. If all students can reach the level of Class A, all four classes will be taught according to what Class A teaches.

Because Zhao Ling'er was enlightened very early and inherited the cleverness of his parents, he easily entered Class A. It was just Class A, and he happened to meet Liu Yong, who was also a child prodigy.

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Because Zhao Ling'er was so smart, she often listened to the teacher and basically understood everything in class, so she started making various jokes during the rest of the time, which often made the teacher angry. So the teacher had to come to Chai Yu to complain.

Chai Yu was complained by the teacher, so naturally he had no choice but to come to Zhao Weiji to complain, because now Zhao Ling'er was the only one at home who could listen to what Zhao Weiji said.

"Ling'er." Zhao Weiji easily found Zhao Ling'er who was playing with his younger brother in the garden.

"What's the matter, daddy." When Zhao Weiji came to see her, Zhao Ling'er also knew that something was going to happen, because at this time Zhao Weiji had a very charming smile on his face. Zhao Ling'er knew this smile every time he saw it.

Something bad is going to happen again.

"I heard from your husband that you made trouble in class?" The smile on Zhao Weiji's face became even brighter at this moment.

Zhao Ling'er knew it was over as soon as she heard Zhao Weiji's question, so she could only use her trump card, and started to act coquettishly while holding Zhao Weiji's big hand.

"Dad, listen to your daughter. My daughter memorized the articles my husband asked her to memorize in class after reading them once. So she was really bored and accidentally offended her husband. Don't blame your daughter~~~~ okay?

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"Stop! Don't make long sounds, Daddy can't stand it. Are you saying that you can memorize the article your husband asked you to memorize after just reading it once?"

"Of course, if you don't believe me, you can test me."

So Zhao Weiji randomly asked her to take a test on an article they had studied. Unexpectedly, this girl actually memorized every word of it well.

So Zhao Weiji had no choice but to let Zhao Ling'er go.

But this also gave Zhao Weiji a new idea: since his daughter is so smart, can he teach her something else?
Chapter completed!