EBE Chapter 235 What?
Chapter 235 What?
In the eyes of the people of Youzhou, Su Wangyan was like a god of war. Whenever he was in charge, the Turks could not bully them. Therefore, Su Wangyan was loved by the people of Youzhou.
When some people came up to him to greet him, he would not have them driven away, but would respond to them in a very friendly manner.
This surprised Ye Yuwu somewhat; she couldn't believe that such a cold and unapproachable man was so beloved by the people.
They finally made it to the general's mansion.
The servants of the general's mansion had already cleaned their rooms.
Once inside the general's mansion, Ye Yuwu finally grasped the true extent of the harshness and cold of the border region.
Although the General's Mansion appears magnificent from the outside, with its vermilion gate and two stone lions at the entrance, it looks very majestic and grand. While the gate itself is not luxurious, it exudes the weight of time.
Despite its imposing and grand appearance from the outside, the General's Mansion is quite simple inside, with dirt roads just like the outside roads. Only the main house and the main hall are paved with bluestone bricks.
Moreover, there were no luxury items to be seen wherever they went, and even the servants and maids in the mansions were few.
Now Ye Yuwu had a little understanding of this place.
Only after the servant led them to their respective rooms to rest were Su Wangyan finally able to have some free time.
He was about to return to his study when someone rushed up to him. It was his deputy, Fang Zhengde.
Su Wangyan asked, frowning.
"what happened?"
Fang Zhengde looked troubled as he reported to him.
"General, besides some millet and sorghum, most of the grain sent by the imperial court this time is of unknown origin, and I do not know what to do with it."
After Ye Yuwu and his group entered the city, the grain they were transporting was handed over to Su Wangyan's subordinates for unloading and processing.
But during the unloading of the grain, they suddenly discovered that there were many things they had never seen before.
The subordinates were at a loss, unsure of what to do, so the deputy general hurriedly ran to Su Wangyan to report.
Su Wangyan listened to his subordinate's description with a face full of question marks.
"Take me to see this."
Su Wangyan followed the deputy general into the military camp, where the pallets of grain were still on the carts.
Not knowing what to do with them, the carts were lying across the open space of the military camp. The soldiers inside had nowhere to train at the moment, so they all gathered around to watch.
Several carts had their straw and cloth covers removed, revealing what was inside, and the soldiers in the camp all gathered around the carts.
The sound of discussion instantly drowned out the previously empty space.
Su Wangyan quickly rode his horse straight into the military camp.
The moment Su Wangyan appeared, all the surrounding sounds vanished, as if in a dream, it was utterly quiet. Even the soldiers who had been standing slackly stood ramrod straight.
"General, this is it!"
The deputy general led Su Wangyan to a cart that had been overturned.
Su Wangyan also noticed the items on the cart at this moment and fell silent. Not to mention the soldiers, even he had never seen such a thing before.
He picked up a round object from it and rubbed off the dirt.
"Is this thing edible?"
No one present could answer his question, but fortunately, more people from the military camp arrived at that moment.
It was a servant from Su Wangyan's household. The servant was led into the military camp by a soldier.
The servant saw Su Wangyan wipe his sweat with his sleeve.
"What has happened at your residence?"
"There's nothing important about returning to the General's Mansion. It was Lord Ye who sent me to find you. He has something to tell you."
He was taken aback when he heard the servant say that Ye Yuwu had a message for him.
Just as Ye Yuwu entered the house and was about to pack her belongings, she suddenly remembered that she still had something to say.
So he immediately called the servant at the door and asked him to pass on the message to Su Wangyan. Unexpectedly, when the servant went to find Su Wangyan, he was told by the people in the mansion that the general had just left the mansion with the deputy general. So he hurriedly caught up with them.
"Lord Ye said that more than half of the grain delivered this time is of improved varieties. These improved varieties should be properly stored, as they are the crops that will be planted in due time."
"Superior breed? Are you referring to what I have in my possession?"
No wonder Su Wangyan thought that when he went to the city gate to greet them this time, the amount of grain being transported was several times more than before, and that the imperial court had suddenly had a change of heart.
Therefore, he was dissatisfied with the slow speed at which Ye Yuwu and others escorted the grain.
However, seeing that they had brought so much grain, even if they had some complaints, they didn't complain much because of the amount of grain they had brought. On the contrary, they were in a good mood because of it.
Unexpectedly, most of them were superior varieties. He thought the imperial court had a change of heart, but he didn't know what these two varieties were used for, and he had never even seen them before.
The imperial court always liked to do these trivial things, which he found extremely repulsive. To avoid looking at the things in his hands with disgust, he suppressed his displeasure.
At this moment, the servant heard this and looked in the direction the man was pointing.
"Uh, I think so. Lord Ye said that one that is long, round and big is called a potato, and the other one with small seeds, like rice grains, is called sesame."
Su Wangyan glanced at the things on the cart and then instructed his deputy to pack up the superior breeds.
After receiving the order, the deputy general had the soldiers beside him unload them and put them in the granary of the military camp. Then the deputy general left with Su Wangyan.
"Zhengde, what do you think the court means by this?" Su Wangyan sneered, his eyes devoid of any emotion.
"This humble general does not know." It's not that he doesn't know, but rather that he dares not say.
"Tsk." Su Wangyan's expression returned to calm, but upon closer inspection, one could see a hint of mockery on his face.
The imperial court sent a message to the border by carrier pigeon. The message said nothing, only that the Minister of Agriculture and a female official had been sent to the border to deal with the refugees and farmland, and that the minister was required to cooperate with them.
That's all that was said after that.
It seems the court has made a new decision. Although he doesn't know what the court's plans are, for now, he will cooperate with them.
"I will do my best to cooperate with whatever they want to do, but if their actions harm the border, I will absolutely not cooperate with them." Su Wangyan's lips curled into a cold smile.
After Ye Yuwu and the Minister of Agriculture rested for a day, they found Su Wangyan and brought up the matter of the refugees.
"Integrate them into the border population?"
Ye Yuwu nodded. "This is the court's solution. I had someone look into it yesterday. The border area has vast lands. Just let them cultivate and plant, and they can feed themselves."
Su Wangyan said expressionlessly, "Then do you understand why, given how vast this land is, so few farmers come here to cultivate it?"