After traveling through time, I was spotted by the new emperor

Chapter 314: Let’s Go to the Autumn Harvest

After breakfast the next day, Lin Qing went to Qi'an tribe to look for Ye Wuwei.

Ye Wuwei gave Lin Qing the letter he had already written:

"I'll have someone take you to the Ministry of Works to find Minister Xiao Chen. Give him the letter and he'll arrange your work."

Lin Qing took the letter and said, "With your letter, I can go to the Ministry of Industry alone. There's no need to go through so much trouble."

Lin Qing had little social experience and didn't understand the difference between having someone to guide you and not having anyone to guide you, so he said this.

But Ye Wuwei is not Lin Qing, he knows the difference very well.

Ye Wuwei called Wang Youcai over and said, "Take Miss Lin to the Ministry of Industry to find Xiao Chen."

Wang Youcai had stayed in a suburban community with Ye Wuwei for a long time and had an old acquaintance with Xiao Chen.

With Wang Youcai leading Lin Qing there, Xiao Chen will pay more attention to Lin Qing's affairs.

Wang Youcai took Lin Qing to meet Xiao Chen.

"Minister Xiao, my master asked me to bring Miss Lin to see you."

Lin Qing handed the letter written by Ye Wuwei to Xiao Chen, "This is what Commander Ye asked me to give you."

Seeing that Lin Qing was the person arranged by Ye Wuwei, Xiao Chen did not dare to neglect him. He took the letter and opened it on the spot.

In Ye Wuwei's letter, he introduced Lin Qing's expertise in craftsmanship and production, and asked Xiao Chen to arrange a separate workshop for Lin Qing and meet Lin Qing's needs for personnel and materials.

The salary will be paid according to the sixth rank first, and the official rank will be determined after Lin Qing has achieved some results.

This request was not difficult for Xiao Chen at all. He said to Wang Youcai:

"Go back and tell your master that I will take good care of Miss Lin."

Wang Youcai agreed.

After Wang Youcai left, Xiao Chen asked Lin Qing, "I wonder what Miss Lin did in her past?"

"I used to build ships for the Yuwen family."

Shipbuilding?

It seems that the court will develop the shipbuilding industry next.

"How did Miss Lin and Commander Ye know each other?"

"We met in the dungeon."

Before coming out, Lin Qing received Xiao He's instructions:

She said that people in Chamdo have complicated minds, and asked her not to tell everyone everything, but to keep half of what she said.

Therefore, Lin Qing only said half of what he wanted to say.

After hearing Lin Qing say this, Xiao Chen guessed that there must be something behind it, so he didn't ask any further questions.

Xiao Chen is not a curious person, but he knows clearly:

Some things are better not known.

Even if you know, you have to pretend not to know.

Especially the matter of Ye Wuwei.

……

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After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the autumn harvest season will soon arrive.

A lot of wasteland was reclaimed and rice was planted in and around Chamdo this spring. Now is the rice harvest season.

The statement student suggested:

Agriculture is the foundation of a country. Without agriculture, there will be no stability, and without food, there will be chaos.

This year is the first year of the implementation of the Equal Field System. I hope Qi Wushuang will lead the officials to go to the fields to harvest rice and set a good example of valuing agriculture for the people.

Qi Wushuang thought about it for a moment and agreed. He asked the Grand Historian to check the date and set it for three days later.

Not only that, Qi Wushuang also decided:

From then on, the royal family would hold a "Personal Ploughing Ceremony" every year during the Spring Equinox, in which the emperor or members of the royal family would personally plough the fields to show their importance to agriculture.

……

That night, Qi Wushuang asked Ye Wuwei:

"I'm going to the fields to harvest rice in three days. Do you want to come with me?"

"There's nothing important going on lately, so I'll go with you."

"Can you do farm work?"

Ye Wuwei has never done farm work before.

In modern times, Ye Wuwei helped the people fight floods and emergencies, rescued people buried in earthquakes, and trapped in fires, but he never participated in harvesting.

"You can do it?"

“I will do it naturally.

I used to help the people harvest grain when I was in Andu."

"Then you teach me."

"There's nothing much to teach you. Just follow me and you'll know what to do after watching for a while."

But things went counterproductive.

Three days later, when everyone set out from Taiji Hall, except for Qi Wu, Nie Youren and other close followers and guards, the rest of those following Qi Wushuang were super-rank and first and second rank officials.

There are princes, dukes, dukes of counties, dukes of counties, marquises of counties, princes' sons and the six ministers.

There were many people between Ye Wuwei and Qi Wushuang.

Qi Wushuang's heart sank.

Because Ye Wuwei had never mentioned the matter of rank to Qi Wushuang, and he never went to court to take the rank, and Qi Wushuang never followed the rules when he was with Ye Wuwei, Qi Wushuang ignored the fact that Ye Wuwei was only a third-rank county earl and a third-rank commander at that time.

If I had known earlier that Ye Wuwei had rescued 30,000 civilians from the island, I should have promoted his title.

He ignored it, did Chu Fuchi and the others also ignore it?

Thinking of this, Qi Wushuang felt anger well up in his heart.

Qi Wushuang's aura was already strong, and when he got angry, the people around him felt even more oppressed.

But no one understood why Qi Wushuang was angry. Except for Qi Wu, everyone else subconsciously kept a certain distance from Qi Wushuang.

Ye Wuwei didn't think much about it.

In such a public and grand occasion, Ye Wuwei was eager to keep a distance from Qi Wushuang.

A large group of court officials arrived at the newly reclaimed farmland on the outskirts of Chamdo this year.

Today is the day specially chosen by the Grand Historian. The sky is clear and the autumn air is crisp.

In the fields, golden ears of rice hang heavily, and the autumn wind blows through the fields, filling them with fragrance.

It really fits the line in the poem: "The fragrance of rice fills the air, the autumn is rich, and the golden sky is reflected everywhere."

Under the arrangement of Ji Tian Ling and Ji Tian Cheng, everyone started farming in an orderly manner.

Ji Tian Ling and Ji Tian Cheng were officials in charge of the fields where the emperor performed the ritual of personally tilling the land.

Ye Wuwei was surrounded by a group of military officers, all of whom were familiar with each other. They started to bend down and harvest rice with sickles, laughing and joking.

As Qi Wushuang said:

Farm work doesn't require any technical skills, you'll learn it after watching for a while.

But farm work is definitely not an easy task. Ye Wuwei's waist ached after he bent down to cut rice for a while.

Ye Wuwei straightened up:

"I've never done farm work before and didn't know how hard it is. I never thought it would be so difficult."

No wonder in modern times, the younger generation of rural people would rather go out to work and sleep in the basement than stay in their hometown, live in a big house and farm.

Major Zhan was on Ye Wuwei's right, and when he heard Ye Wuwei's words, he said:

"That's why we say 'face the earth and back the sky'."

Watching Zhan Shaozuo cutting rice skillfully, Ye Wuwei asked him, "You do a lot of farm work, don't you?"

"I come from a peasant family. Even though I'm an official now, my parents and brothers are still growing crops.

When he was in Andu, every time the spring plowing and autumn harvest season came, His Majesty would give the soldiers a few days off so that they could help with spring planting and autumn harvest at home.

I will also work with my parents and brothers."

While replying to Ye Wuwei's words, Major Zhan was quickly harvesting rice with a sickle.

Ye Wuwei asked:

"What about those soldiers from noble families? What do they do on their farming leave?"

"During the spring plowing and autumn harvest seasons, they won't be idle either. Your Majesty will personally lead them to help the people plant rice and harvest."

“Is it like this every year?”

“It’s like this every year.”