Chapter 120 - Crisis

Fu Tian stayed on Zhuangzi for three days. Apart from eating and sleeping, he stayed in the warm tent and stared at the rice seeds that were planted.

On the second day after planting, there were already a few green shoots emerging. Fu Tian compared the recorded booklet and found that these fast-growing ones had been soaked in water containing a lot of the power of the source.

Fu Tian happily recorded the changes. By the third day, all the small fields that were sown had already grown new shoots, and the first batch had grown to a height of one or two inches.

After another four or five days, you can plant seedlings just by touching it.

Fu Tian tried to communicate with these young seedlings, but few could respond. Most of them just made some vague voices to express their needs.

Fu Tian let go of his mind when he was still wise.

He guessed that although the power of the origin is strong, the soaking time of these rice seeds is not long, and the growth time is also short. Compared with those naturally grown plants outside, these rice seeds are not so easy to develop wisdom.

In this way, the only thing he needs to worry about is whether he can withstand severe cold or hot weather after blessing the rice seeds with his original power.

After another five days, all the seedlings were grown. Fu Tian removed the warm tent and let someone open up the nearest field, and then planted the seedlings.

The steward felt that he was messing around, but when he thought of the seedlings that grew in less than ten days, he thought that maybe they could be planted.

After the seedlings went to the fields, Fu Tian went back to the Hou Mansion first. It was already mid-November, approaching the end of the new year. Although the families did not dare to be too extravagant in the year of the disaster, they still had to have some etiquette. Fu Tian had to go back and follow Fu Youqin discussed preparing for the New Year's gift.

There was a heavy snowfall in Qingyang at the beginning of December, and news came from the steward in Zhuangzi that the seedlings that Fu Tian planted had frozen to death after the snow.

Fu Tian rushed to look outside the city. The undissolved white snow was lying in the fields. A small part of the green seedlings fell down, but most of them stood upright. The rhizomes were strong and the stretched leaves were green. But in half a month, the delicate seedlings have grown up, and most of them have withstood the severe cold.

Guan Shi was also amazed. He watched Fu Tian tinker with these seedlings with his own eyes. From the beginning, he felt mischievous. Now he has to patrol the field carefully every day, for fear of accidents with these seedlings. Who cares about this field the most besides Fu Tian should be in charge.

"Would you like me to set up a shelf for the fallen ones?" Guan Shi looked at the fallen seedlings distressedly, but Fu Tian didn't dare to move casually without speaking.

"Don't worry." Fu Tian shook his head, "Only then can you tell how much you will survive in the end."

If the rice in this field survives the cold winter and survives more than half, then even if these attempts are successful, then the soaked rice seeds can be sent to the south for planting, which can survive the severe cold in the north. It must grow better in the south, and if it goes well, it may be able to harvest once before the early rice.

"Okay." The steward now sees him as if he is watching a god, and he can't wait to offer Fu Tian to worship. Although he is very curious about how these rice seeds are grown, looking at Fu Tian's expression, he still silently The doubt swallowed.

After explaining to the steward that he would be optimistic about the field, Fu Tian got on the carriage and returned to the Hou Mansion. Before the carriage reached the door, he saw a person wrapped in a thick cotton coat running towards him.

The visitor was the chief eunuch next to the emperor. He looked rather worried. He stopped in front of the carriage and asked loudly, "Is it the Hou Ye back?"

Fu Tian raised the curtain of the car, his right eyelid suddenly jumped, "It's me, something is going on in the palace?"

The chief eunuch looked anxious, "A letter from the border, the emperor calls you into the palace."

Fu Tian's heart tightened and let him get in the car, "Said as he walked."

The steward got into the carriage, and the coachman turned the front of the carriage and headed towards the imperial city.

The manager estimated that he was really anxious, and he waited at the door, his face was pale with cold, and he kept rubbing his hands and breathing after getting in the car.

Fu Tian handed him a cup of hot tea and asked, "What happened?"

The general manager took over the hot tea ceremony and said with a thin voice: "The border is urgently reported, and the foreigners suddenly attacked Beiyu Pass. The guard of Beiyu Pass was calculated to be seriously injured and endangered. In the morning, I received an emergency report from Shi Lang Zhou. The foreign soldiers were divided into two groups. They attacked the west. They also hid a surprise attack on Shanyu Pass. Now both passes are caught in war, but the spies reported back to Shanyu Pass for support. Wang Yu and his party are missing."

In addition to the previous fierce battles, the frontiers were insufficiently supplied with food and grass, and the foreigners were extraordinarily brave in their last fight, so they had to ask the capital for help.

Hearing that Chu Xiangtian was missing, a heart of Fu Tian instantly fell into the cold snow of winter. His whole body was cold and his blood was cold. He forced himself to calm down, let the driver speed up, and waited into the palace, almost He ran all the way into the imperial study room, and the manager who led the way behind him couldn't keep up with him.

Fu Tian ran in panting. The others in the Imperial Study turned their heads to look at him. Fu Tian panted well, arranged his clothes, and walked in as calmly as possible, "The minister is late."

Chu Fengyuan looked solemn, waved to him, and said to the household department, "Go on, how much grain and grass can be freed up."

Hubu Shangshu's face was pale. Before Fu Tian came, the emperor had asked him to count several times, but the treasury was empty, and even if he was dead, there was no food or no food, "Even if the food for disaster relief is counted, A full play counts as no more than 50,000 shi."

In various places where food for disaster relief is not enough, the national treasury has to go out. With two consecutive years of tax reduction and exemption, the national treasury can only go out, and there is already very little left.

Chu Fengyuan suppressed his anger, "If you don't have enough grain and grass and you have money, go buy it! The border is in danger, and those grain merchants dare to sit down and raise prices?!"

Hubu Shangshu shook his hands and knelt directly, "There is not enough money and money. Disaster relief and military expenses all require money, and the treasury has long been in debt!"

Chu Fengyuan got up angrily, took two steps hastily, and turned around and cursed: "The treasury is empty and the treasury is empty! Where did all the taxes collected in the previous years go?! What about the money?!!!"

Hubu Shangshu's face was gray, and he lay down on the ground, afraid to speak.

"Where is the Ministry of War?" Chu Xiangtian suddenly turned to Shangshu of the Ministry of War, "Isn't he not even able to supply weapons?!"

The Bingbu Shangshu leaned over, "The craftsmen have been asked to rush to make weapons and armor, but the border is extremely cold. The weapons we made may not be able to withstand the extreme cold and may break easily by then. They have sent someone to Fengshui to negotiate with the Zhu family. The Zhu family has rushed to manufacture a batch of weapons."

He hesitated: "It's just that the court has always agreed with the Zhu family that only one batch of weapons will be provided every year..."

As he said this, Chu Fengyuan's face became more gloomy, and he quickly said: "But the country is facing a disaster, presumably Patriarch Zhu will not refuse."

At last there was a reliable answer. Chu Fengyuan's anger calmed down a bit, and his fierce Fengyan looked directly at the Household Department Shangshu, "No matter what method you use, the border food and payment must be delivered on schedule!"

Hubu Shangshu didn't even dare to lift his head, tremblingly.

After arranging things one by one, Hubu Shangshu tremblingly went back to raise the military salary. Fu Tian called the Warbu Shangshu who was about to leave, "Master Shangshu, please stay."

Bingbu Shangshu turned around hesitantly, "Hou Ye has something to do?"

Fu Tian nodded, "The Zhu family mentioned by Master Shang Shu, but the Zhu family in Fengshui County? The owner's name is Zhu Hua?"

"Yes, the Zhu family in Fengshui County has smelted iron for generations and produced extremely hard and sharp weapons. The court has solicited many times, but they are unwilling to enter the dynasty, so they are only willing to supply a batch of weapons to the Ministry of War every year." Shangshu of the Ministry of War was surprised, "Hou Lord knows the Zhu family?"

Fu Tian thought for a while, and said, "I once had a relationship with Patriarch Zhu. He owed me a favor and gave me a famous post. When I waited for a letter, you brought the famous post and the letter to me, maybe I would be better to move him."

The Bingbu Shangshu was overjoyed and thanked him again and again, and then waited aside, and waited for Fu Tian to finish talking before naming him with him.

Chu Fengyuan was originally worried that Fu Tian was anxious when he heard the news of the border gate, so he specially called him into the palace. Unexpectedly, there was this unexpected joy, so he thanked him sincerely.

Fu Tian shook his head. He was much more flustered and calm when he heard the news. He clenched his fingers and asked hesitantly: "Master, did they really lose track..."

Chu Fengyuan held up his hand and sighed for a long time, "Yes, Zhou Chuanqing stayed at Shanyu Pass. He had sent spies to investigate and found no trace of them. He just followed the unburied footprints and guessed that they should have entered. In the mountains."

Fu Tian tightened his fingers, took a deep breath, and said, "I'll go to the border gate to find him, I have a way."

Chu Fengyuan frowned and scolded him in a rare tone, "Naughty! Before leaving, Fengzhang told him to take care of you. I will never let you take risks!"

"I'm not fooling around!" Fu Tian was anxious, his eyes were red but there were no tears, "If they go into the mountains, the mountains are extremely cold, and they lack clothing or food, they must find people as soon as possible to reduce casualties. I can find them!"

Chu Fengyuan didn't believe what he could do, so he could only try to dissuade him, "Zhou Chuanqing has sent someone into the mountains to find him, and Fengzhang has been on the battlefield for many years and has experienced countless lives and deaths, so he will not easily get into trouble."

"I have a way!" Fu Tian shook his head, squeezed his fist to calm himself down, and argued for himself: "I really have a way, I'm not fooling around."

"The military pay is not enough. Fu's Mi Shop still has 100,000 shi in stock, enough to make up for the current shortage of military pay. If it is not enough, I would like to donate one million taels as military pay!"

"Just ask the emperor to send a team of elites to send me to the border as quickly as possible!"