Seeing that Xu Ping was holding the watermelon seeds and couldn't let go, Li Hong said, "Since Deputy Envoy Xu can plant the watermelon, I will give you all these seeds. ← When the melon grows, don't forget to let us taste it together."

Xu Ping happily said: "Don't worry, in summer, I will let all the officials of the three departments taste the taste of watermelon!"

Watermelon is a good thing, and officials of the Song Dynasty have long heard of it. However, this thing is only available in the Khitan, and it is not a strategic crop. It has never been introduced to the Song Dynasty. Occasionally, seeds are brought back, and these officials will not plant them.

Now that Xu Ping has obtained these things, he just happened to buy a lot of gardens in his new home, and it is just right to plant them. In summer, he might even make a small amount of money by selling this thing.

At this time, the sun had set in the west, and the shadows pulled out from the house were getting longer and longer.

Li Hong looked at the sky and said to Kou Yu and Xu Ping: "I have recently returned to Beijing. Everything is busy at home. It's getting late. I'll go home first. If there is anything in the yamen, let the miscellaneous officials come to my house to call me."

Kou nodded.

Li Hong stood up, saw another bag on the table, and said to Xu Ping: "Why is Deputy Envoy Xu only interested in the watermelon seeds? I heard from the Khitans that this Uighur bean is extremely resistant to drought and that it is not a mistake to plant many in the Western Regions."

Uighur beans are the chickpeas mentioned in Xu Ping's previous life. This thing has been popular for a while and is one of the large number of beans grown in the world. However, the biggest feature of chickpeas is that they are drought-resistant and their yields are not as good as soybeans. There is no shortage of land in this era, so it is not enough to grow food in arid places. Why bother to make things difficult for yourself?

Although beans can fix nitrogen, they can be used as green fertilizers and cultivate soil abilities, Uighur beans are not as valuable as soybeans and alfalfa, so Xu Ping was not interested in it.

However, since Li Hong said that, Xu Ping also put it away and said, "I heard that the biggest benefit of Uighur beans is drought tolerance, and their use in the Central Plains is limited. However, our Song Dynasty is vast and we may be able to use it somewhere else."

Li Hong nodded and saluted to the three of them.

Xu Ping collected the two bags of seeds and asked Kou: "Prince Master, a few days ago, we had a memorial to set up a book engraving company to print some books such as agriculture and medicine that are related to people's livelihood. It is a world-wide moral policy. I wonder if the memorial has been approved?"

Kou Ying knew what Xu Ping was thinking and replied with a smile: "I just approved yesterday. Today I have an imperial edict to set up the Sansi Book Engraving Company, which will temporarily be registered under the Regulation and Editing Office. The interest obtained from the engraving book will be used as the ministerial money of the editorial office."

He had no money in his hand and felt panicked. Xu Ping was used to being an official in the local area, and after arriving in the capital, he felt he was restricted. The money of the ministers in the Beijing yamen cannot be compared with that of the local area. The money of the ministers in the entire three departments is less than 1,000 jin per year, which is enough for the officials' carriage and horse fees, and it is not enough for Xu Ping's fraction of the money he had when he was in Yongzhou.

However, Beijing officials have many subsidies, good benefits, and quick promotion, which is something that cannot be compared with local governments.

The establishment of the Registration Office of the Three Departments of the Editorial Department, and Emperor Zhao Zhen made special kindness. The minister's money was allocated from the U.S., which was not 30,000 yuan a month, but only 30 jin. According to the head stall, each person was less than jin-dominated.

According to Xu Ping's habit, how enough money was enough? So I came up with an idea. In the name of promoting agricultural and other technologies, I would open a bookstore in Sansi to earn some money to supplement the pocket money of the yamen and build my own small treasury.

At this time, the most exquisite books in the capital were naturally the most exquisite books in the capital. The books in the capital were also proofread by the Guange, and the Imperial College was unparalleled in the world. The best people in the world who proofread the literature in the world can basically be called a model, and they will be punished if there is any error in the proofreading. The Imperial College was free to write and use exquisite materials, which was not comparable to private bookstores.

The envoys from other countries to the Song Dynasty, these exquisite engravings from the Imperial College were important materials they smuggled.

A few years ago, Xu Ping wrote movable type printing calligraphy and was slowly promoting it, but it was still concentrated on the government notice. It is difficult for people to change their concepts all at once. Ordinary people still believe that woodblock printing is a good book.

Xu Ping printed books in Sansi, so he naturally would not compare with the Imperial College to print various classics, and mainly focused on practical books. Xu Ping even had an idea to print some popular words such as the original and monsters, or new lyrics and common songs, and there might be a market. There are many people who know literacy and idle people in the capital, and the market is still quite large.

However, Xu Ping mentioned it now, the main purpose is to the money method mentioned earlier.

Just now, when Xu Ping thought carefully, he said that there were too many problems involved in the reform of money law, and it would not be solved by just a few words, and not to mention that no one might hear what he said.

If the currency issue is not explained clearly, it would be a disaster if you use new iron coins. At that time, people would not remember what Xu Ping said at that time, but would only say that iron coins could not be used, and even implicate Xu Ping in and scold him.

Since you have the opportunity to print books, you might as well print a batch of books so that people related to this issue can express their views. Only by using facts as the basis and explaining the matter clearly can you minimize future problems.

Kou Yu didn't know what Xu Ping was thinking, so he said to him: "You can do the bookstore, and you will definitely not lose money with your habit of doing things. With money, the Regulations and Editing Office can start to take matters. You have both positions and you can't delay any side. Assistant officials are very important. Han Zong is not to mention the salt and Iron Department here. I think he is very capable of doing things. This judge Guo seems to be trusted by you. Zheng Jian from the Gouyuan has always been careful in his work and has been an official in Beijing for several years, so there is no need to worry. You can let go of the Salt and Iron Department, and you think there will be no trouble. How about the staff in the editorial office?"

In addition to sorting out previous years' data, the editorial institute also needs to edit various regulations, and requires much more officials than the various yamen in the Sansi. From the beginning of preparation to now, Xu Ping has roughly figured out the candidates through various channels.

When Kou Yu asked, Xu Ping said, "It's like this now. In the editorial office, I plan to let the three departments of the Yanti, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Revenue to send a judge to do business. There is no need to stay in the editorial office to watch the affairs, but it will take two days to arrive or three days to make the editorial regulations not contrary to the current ones. The Yanti Department here is a Korean general business, and the other two departments will have to discuss with the two deputy envoys."

Kou nodded: "What about the other personnel?"

"Pang Ji, who recommended the sugar service, recommended Fang Hei Lang, the military farmer. Fang Hei was the son of Fang Ding who returned to the country with Chen Hongjin. When he was young, he was known as the Jinshu of Dazhong Xiangfu in the fifth year. He was known as the local officials and talents. His subordinates thought it was OK. Han Yushi and Cai Tanzheng recommended Cao Ying Shu together, and praised him, and he could be competent. There were also Liu Han and Wang Gongchen, the Zhijixian Academy, who were not the second place in the eighth year of Tiansheng. I had many relationships with them and felt that I could work in the editorial office."

After listening to Xu Ping's speech, Kou Yu pondered silently and thought to himself.

Wang Gongchen and Liu Han were in the capital, and Kou Yi knew a little. Wang Gongchen and Xu Ping were fellow villagers, and it was not a secret that they had many contacts. But being an official, it was common to support each other, and they were the top scholar, and it was just right for free at the museum and the pavilion. As for the other two, Fang Xie Kou Yi had heard more or less, but Uncle Cao Ying had no impression of it at all.
Chapter completed!