Farming and teaching across different worlds

Chapter 209

Touched, they all raised their wine glasses to respect him.

Wang Chenglin also picked up his cup to answer, and then said mysteriously: "Do you know what the emperor asked me to come back?"

Ji Xiuran distracted Jia Bao who was sitting next to him with a chopstick of green vegetables, and then looked over with some doubts. Shi Jingchen also looked at him curiously, shook his head, and said, "How can we guess what the emperor is thinking."

Wang Chenglin took another mouthful of food and ate it slowly, looking at Ji Xiuran and asking, "Brother Ji can't guess?"

Ji Xiuran saw that he specifically asked himself, so he thought about it seriously. What he heard in court recently, he had a flash of inspiration, and replied with a smile: "Could it be an inspection?"

Before, he had heard rumors from Gongsun Zizhan that the emperor intended to send imperial envoys to inspect the country, but he never thought that this matter would fall on Wang Chenglin's head.

After hearing his answer, Wang Chenglin showed a look of admiration, nodded, and said, "Brother Ji is really well-informed, and this is indeed the case."

Hearing his affirmative answer, Ji Xiuran unexpectedly raised his eyebrows and exchanged a look with Shi Jingchen.

Shi Jingchen also looked over in surprise, and didn't say anything in the end, just raised his hand to pick up his wine glass, toasted Wang Chenglin again, and changed the subject.

After all, it's still something that hasn't been announced, so it's better for them to be more cautious.

Wang Chenglin saw them like this and changed the subject accordingly, talking about a piece of news he heard at the border before: "Next year the emperor will open an exchange market in the west."

Ji Xiuran paused for a moment before asking, "Brother Wang, is this news accurate?"

Wang Chenglin took a bite of the food, nodded slightly, and said: "Although there is no news from the capital, the emperor has already ordered my uncle to prepare for the mutual market. It should be opened next autumn at the latest."

Hearing that he was so sure, Ji Xiuran no longer doubted, Dang even picked up his own wine glass and cupped his hands to toast him.

This news is a useful news for him.

He and Gongsun Zizhan had mentioned the matter of opening a mutual market before, but after the border crossing was violated and the relationship between the two parties was tense, they naturally shelved it.

He also felt regretful because of this, thinking that it would be impossible to open a mutual market within the past five years, but he did not expect that the emperor had such a broad mind, and he would open a mutual market in the second year when the Xidi crimes had just subsided.

This is also good news for him. He wants to make a plan with Boss Zheng and Zeng Junhui in advance, and quickly open the Northwest Commercial Road in the next few months, so that they can take the lead when the mutual market is opened. machine.

Although he is now an official of the imperial court, he will not let go of such a good opportunity to make money.

Ji Xiuran and Shi Jingchen bid farewell to Wang Chenglin, brought Jiabao home, and received a message.

The convoy going to Qingshan Village to pick up people will arrive outside the city tomorrow, so Ji Xiuran and Shi Jingchen immediately decided to take the whole family to pick up people outside the city the next day.

Fortunately, everything happened during their holiday, otherwise they really wouldn't be able to spare time.

After he settled down in the capital, he thought about sending someone back to pick up his parents to come to the capital, but he was busy with official business and forgot about it for a while. When Dahong and his wife arrived, Ji Xiuran also sorted out the business affairs and the trivial matters at home. They were also handed over to Dahong.

Only then did he think of this matter, he was afraid that if he didn't send someone to pick him up sooner, the couple would act privately again, which would be bad.

Then they hurriedly sent people back, but it took two months to hurry, and it was snowing heavily in the capital, so they finally arrived.

The next day Ji Xiuran brought his family to the outside of the city early in the morning to wait for someone.

The weather has just finished snowing, the temperature is much lower, and the icy wind is blowing, and the whole body is trembling from the frozen teeth.

Fortunately, Ji Xiuran was well-prepared and the equipment on the carriage was also complete. Sitting on the carriage with the heater on, it wasn't hard to endure.

Ji Xiuran was sitting on the carriage, leaning against Shi Jingchen, holding a book in his hand, reading it comfortably, and Shi Jingchen was also holding a book on war.

Jiabao was on the side, also quietly practicing calligraphy, and Dahong and his wife were also sitting quietly on the side, one reading a book and the other doing female celebrity.

Although everyone is busy with their own affairs, they are also at ease.

After waiting for a while, I heard Blessed's voice from outside the car: "Master, there seems to be a convoy coming."

After hearing this, Ji Xiuran sat up, opened the car window and looked out, there was indeed a convoy coming, although he didn't know if it was the person they were waiting for, he tidied up, got out of the car and waited.

Ji Xiuran was wearing a cloak, holding a stove in his hand, and stood next to Shi Jingchen. Shi Jingchen stood leaning towards him, facing him in the cold wind, and Jiabao and Dahong stood beside him.

Standing in the snow, this line of people with outstanding looks is particularly eye-catching.

The convoy approached them slowly, and stopped automatically when they got in front of them.

At this time, the leading guard rode up to them and dismounted to salute. Shi Jingchen and Ji Xiuran nodded indifferently in response, and after saying "Thank you for your hard work", they took the younger generations around them and walked to the side of the largest carriage in the convoy.

At this time, Ji's father and Ji's mother, who were sitting in the carriage, felt that the carriage had stopped, so they reached out and opened the curtain.

Just in time to see Ji Xiuran and his party walking up to their carriage, Dang even happily got up and got off the carriage.

Ji Xiuran and Shi Jingchen stepped forward to help the two elders down, at this time Dahong and his wife also stepped forward, Ji's father and mother waved their hands indifferently, and said: "You don't need to help, we are not old enough to be so useless the point."

After finishing speaking, he jumped out of the carriage with great agility, which made Ji Xiuran's heart pound non-stop, and he couldn't help complaining: "Father, mother, I know that you are in good health, but you are also a performance for us juniors. chance."

After hearing what he said, Mother Ji cast a dissatisfied glance at him, and said, "If you want to honor us, there are many opportunities, so why bother about these little things."

Ji's father also laughed and echoed, leaving Ji Xiuran helpless and speechless, and finally he could only shake his head, and act according to the wishes of the two old people, and stop arguing with them.

Shi Jingchen watched their exchange with a smile on his face, and finally saw Ji Xiuran's heartbroken appearance of being defeated once, smiled helplessly, took his hand, and squeezed it silently as a sign of comfort .

Ji Xiuran felt the strength of his hand, looked up, saw the gentle smile in Shi Jingchen's eyes, and immediately dissipated the frustrated expression of being hit just now, and smiled at him.

After Shi Jingchen saw that he was in a better mood, he took his hand and walked forward, leading him to salute the elders: "Baby, send your regards to your parents, and your parents have had a hard journey."

Ji's father and Ji's mother accepted Shi Jingchen and Ji Xiuran's salute with a smile, and then gently asked them to stand up, and then Jiabao and Dahong walked forward to salute.

Ji's mother and Ji's father also accepted it with a smile, and then asked them to stand up, and asked a few words about Dahong and Lu Xiangyuan's life in the capital, and then put all their attention on Jiabao, holding Jiabao The sweetheart cried out.

Jia Bao naturally still remembered them, and knew that they were his grandparents who loved him very much. He was hugged by them and did not resist, allowing them to get close, with a happy smile on his face.

Ji Xiuran and the others stood on the side, seeing their appearance of being a family, they all burst into gentle smiles.

After the kiss was enough, all the people got on the carriage again and went to the city.

On the way back, Ji Xiuran asked Youfu to bring some of the goods brought by the convoy to Zeng Junhui,

This time I sent people to Qingshan Village to pick them up, and brought back wine, preserved fruit, canned food, and the newly produced sunflower seeds and peanuts from Qingshan Village.

Ji Xiuran's improved oil extraction recipe was passed back to Qingshan Village. In order to increase the variety of oil, Qingshan Village tried to open up the surrounding wasteland and planted dozens of acres of rapeseed, ten acres of sunflowers, and ten acres of peanuts.

This year is the first harvest, Ji Xiuran asked someone to bring back some sunflower seeds and peanuts to make snacks, and promote it as a new product developed by Zhenxiu Pavilion this year.

He also sent word back to Qingshan Village to ask them to plant more next year.

Village head Li Dang even readily agreed, and he naturally raised his hands to agree to such a good thing of increasing income for the village.

Ji Xiuran asked Youfu to send this part of the goods, and told him to invite Zeng Junhui and Boss Zheng to his home for a banquet.

Ji's father and mother came today, he must have a banquet at home, so he took this opportunity to invite Zeng Junhui and Boss Zheng to discuss plans for next year.

The two rushed over immediately after hearing the message, and brought a special winter hot pot from Piaoxianglou.

After the two visited Ji's father and Ji's mother, they followed Ji Xiuran to the study to discuss business matters.

Both of them decided to spend the New Year in the capital this year, so they stayed in the capital at this time, otherwise Ji Xiuran really didn't know where to find them.

Sitting casually on the teacher's chair in the study, Zeng Junhui took the newly made strange-flavored peanut beans specially prepared by Ji Xiuran, ate them with relish, and said casually: "This food is good, how about it being a new product in Zhenxiu Pavilion this year?" ?”

Sitting opposite them, Ji Xiuran took a teacup and took a leisurely sip. This was the new tea brought to him this year by his father and mother this time. It was very mellow, and he began to enjoy it slowly.

Shi Jingchen, who was sitting next to him, saw his contented appearance, with a slight smile in his eyes, then silently picked up the new wine in his hand and cupped his hands to Boss Zheng who was opposite him.

Boss Zheng had smelled the aroma of the wine a long time ago and couldn't stand it any longer. Seeing Shi Jingchen's movements, he picked up the wine glass in front of him and cupped his hands, and then