On February 2, the dragon raises its head and the spring rain falls.
At the beginning of spring, every family starts to get busy preparing for spring sowing seeds. Tian Minyan's family is no exception. In order to increase the yield, she specially selected better seeds this year.
Tian Minyan and Tian Huairen went to Zhuangzi. At the beginning of this year, she bought a hilltop next to Zhuangzi and incorporated it into Zhuangzi. She also dug a place to dig a fish pond and put thousands of fish ponds there.
I raised the chickens, geese and ducks freely, and now a month has passed and they have grown quite a bit.
Not only that, she found out that there was a piece of sandy land of two hundred acres not far from Zhuangzi, and bought it at a high price. Adding the hilltop, the Zhuangzi was expanded to six hundred acres. She heard that the owner's house had expanded.
Tenants came to ask for the land, but Tian Minyan said that it was of great use to her family. She asked the long-term workers to fertilize the sandy land and planned to plant potatoes on it. Her hundreds of acres of wasteland were about to grow potatoes.
Back at home in Yangmei Village, Butler Lin came forward and said that someone in charge had sent something over. Tian Minyan's eyes lit up after hearing this, and she hurriedly went to the living room.
The person who came was wearing a gray cloth and a square scarf on his head. He looked like the kind of person you wouldn't find in a crowd, but his eyes had a profound insight into the world.
"But Qi Guanshi?" Tian Minyan gave a blessing gift.
When Manager Qi saw Tian Minyan, he stood up, looked at her quickly, then lowered his eyelids and said in a calm and humble manner: "Miss Tian, there is no need to be polite. I am sending cotton seeds here on the order of the Seventeenth Master."
After hearing this, Tian Minyan immediately became elated and looked at him with bright eyes: "Where is the Seventeenth Master?"
She had written to Qin Haitang before, agreeing to have a good life with Tudou. If this person didn't come, would she be able to afford Tudou?
"Seventeenth Master is involved in something, so he asked me to come and help the girl take care of things. If the girl has any instructions, please feel free to speak up." Manager Qi said quietly.
Tian Minyan was a little disappointed when she heard this. She awed and said with a smile: "I don't have any instructions. I just wonder if Master Seventeen told you about potatoes? You will be able to eat potatoes in two days. I don't know if Master Seventeen has any."
What kind of regulations don’t exist?”
"Seventeenth Master is on the way. This matter is entirely up to the girl's orders."
After hearing this, Tian Minyan felt as if she had been punched in the cotton. She laughed dryly and asked to go take a look at the cotton seeds.
The cotton seeds that were delivered were placed in the warehouse, weighing tens of thousands of kilograms. Tian Minyan begged Seventeen to buy them from that foreign country.
She checked a handful and found that the cottonseeds were plump and full. It was obvious that they were all good seeds. She touched the bags one by one, which made her extremely happy.
These are all good things. Once they are grown, you will have cotton-padded clothes and pure cotton cloth to use, and you will no longer have to wear hand-scratching linen cloth.
Manager Qi looked at her with a smile on her face, as if she were looking at gold and silver jewelry, and thought, is this girl really a good farmer? Can she really grow this thing?
Tian Minyan felt that it was not enough, and asked happily: "Are they all here?"
Manager Qi nodded and asked, "What do you plan to do, girl?"
He had heard from his master about this cotton thing. He heard that the flowers grown were as white as snow and as soft as goose feathers, but he didn't believe it.
"We can't rush this, we still have to experiment." Tian Minyan put down the cotton seeds in her hand and replied with a smile.
In order to ensure the actual amount of seed used in each field ridge and ensure full seedlings without wasting cotton seeds, the germination rate of the selected cotton seeds must be measured before sowing.
The weather returns to spring relatively early here, so preparations need to be made early. As soon as the potatoes are harvested, the fields must be dug and fertilized, and the sowing must be completed before the Qingming Festival.
Thinking of this, Tian Minyan stopped laughing. After a brief talk with Manager Qi, she decided to plant potatoes and plant cotton in the future.
In the Qingzhou government office, Zheng Zhifu stood up immediately after hearing the report from his subordinate.
"What? Are you talking about Prince Xian? Have you gone to Qingping County?"
"Sir, this matter is absolutely true. It's already on the way." The yamen guard said with a sad face.
"Why are you acting as a palace guard? You can't receive news about such a big thing. You bastard, I will be killed by you." Zheng Zhifu jumped up, pointed at him and cursed: "You are still here seeking death.
, if you don’t hurry up, go down and prepare the carriage for me to chase you.”
"Yes Yes."
Magistrate Zheng was sweating. The more he thought about it, the more wrong he became. Why did the prince come to Qingzhou and go to Qingping County so quietly? Damn it, there must be something evil happening in Qingping County, right?
No, Qingping County won praise for raising fish in a rice field, so Wen Shanchu is not a coward, and he shouldn't be.
Magistrate Zheng was puzzled, but he had no time to think deeply. At this moment, he should hurry up and catch up with the prince.
This virtuous king is indeed a master with an unstable temperament.
At the Qingping County Government Office, Mr. Wen was playing with his precious son. When he heard the girl said that the county magistrate had something to report, he went to the study.
"Is the source of the information accurate?" Wen Shanchu was extremely surprised.
"Sir, we are all on the road. We are almost here, can we still fake it?" The county magistrate wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "Sir, what do you think this giant Buddha is doing suddenly coming to our Qingping County?"
"You ask me, who am I asking? Hurry down and ask people to visit the county government and let the post prepare for the house." Wen Shanchu was no longer calm, thought for a while and said: "Forget it, I'd better go and see it in person.
I went to Baili Pavilion to wait, and when I saw the prince’s driver, he immediately came to report, and I went to pick him up personally.”
When the news reached Wenxiangju, Qin Haitang frowned. What was he doing in such a high-profile manner this time? But he still called someone and gave some instructions.
But the person who was being cared about by everyone was leaning on the soft couch of the carriage with a leisurely look on his face, wearing a handkerchief and humming a tune, completely ignoring the large number of disgraced officials and guards following him.
Yang Guan, who had been following the carriage on horseback, listened to the tune and glanced back tremblingly. Especially the civil servant who was almost dying as he was chasing after him on horseback, he looked down upon the owner of the carriage.
This is too low-profile. Who can imitate others and play high-profile?
"Yang Guan, are you scolding me in your heart?" Qi Shiqi raised the curtain of the carriage and squinted at Yang Guan with his peach blossom eyes.
Yang Guan didn't make a sound, but Fu Quan's shrill voice in the carriage sounded loudly: "Master, you are in good health, what will happen if you catch a cold again? Aren't you tearing out this old slave's heart? You're like this
How can I see my empress in the future?"
Qi Shiqi's temples were twitching, and he stretched out a hand to stop him from talking: "Stop! Fuquan, why are you becoming more and more talkative? You didn't talk so much before."
After Fuquan heard this, he suddenly shed a handful of sad tears, wiped the corners of his eyes sadly and said: "I also know that I am older now, and my slave is also old, and his actions are shaky. I can't stand the old slave even more."
Don't worry. I won't be able to take care of you for a few more years. When I get married, I can go to see your wife with peace of mind and won't be in my eyes."
Qi Shitou was really in pain at this time and said angrily: "Fuquan, you are only thirty-five years old."
"A person like this slave who has no descendants is already half in the coffin at the age of thirty-five. How long can he live?" Fuquan continued to mourn: "If I get another typhoid fever, the old slave..."
"Chengcheng, it's my fault, right?" Qi Shiqi put down the car curtain, lay back in frustration, and muttered: "I don't know who the master is."
"Sir, I know that you think I am old..."
Buzzing, buzzing, Sun Dasheng's forehead hurt from Tang Shou's thoughts. Qi Shiqi enjoyed it and said hurriedly: "Ouch, I have a headache. Fuquan, please give me some pressure."
"Hey, the driver outside should be slower..."
When Yang Guan heard the conversation inside, his usually cold handsome face could not help but melt a little, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly. This master and servant are a pair of living treasures.
It is not new that Tian Minyan's family actually grew crops on their hundred acres of wasteland. The thing they planted was something that people in Yangmei Village had never heard of. They said they were potatoes.
On this day, the sky, which had been raining for several consecutive days, finally cleared up and became cloudless. The sky was as pure blue as a piece of lake silk.
The Tian family's rice field and fish farming last year brought about a great harvest, and everyone in Yangmei Village was jealous. Now that they heard that crops were actually grown on that hundred acres of wasteland, they all ran to see the excitement. After all, it was a barren wasteland.
Everyone wants to know whether there can really be a harvest.
Tian Minyan couldn't laugh or cry when she saw people of all ages pouring into the back mountain. Isn't it just to harvest crops? Is it worth being so excited?
However, looking at the whole field of green potato seedlings, she felt a little excited. After all, these potatoes are now considered a rarity, and the yield is high. This is a good thing that benefits the country and the people.
"Second girl, everyone is in place." Zhou Gui stepped forward with excitement on his face to ask for permission to start harvesting.
"Then..."
"Hey, why are there so many people over there? Oh, there are so many horses." Before Tian Minyan could finish her words, someone suddenly called out.
"It's officers and soldiers, it's officers and soldiers." Someone saw the people in front of them with sharp eyes and said in panic: "Why are there officers and soldiers in our village? Oh my god, are they here to arrest the strong men?"
Tian Minyan frowned and looked at the way they came. There was a dark group of people, and there seemed to be a carriage moving faintly behind them. What was going on?
Her heart suddenly beat happily, as if expecting something, as if she felt something, and was about to burst out of her chest. She couldn't help but put her hand over her heart, and stood on tiptoe to look.
In front, someone held a sign saying "avoidance", and officers and soldiers came quickly and shouted: "Your Majesty is here, please stay away."
Prince?
Tian Minyan blinked her eyes and looked at the invisible person who was surrounded in the center of the crowd. What kind of prince? A flash of inspiration flashed in her mind and her pupils shrank. Isn't it such a shameless person? He is so high-profile for his appearance.
?
As soon as the person hiding in the crowd appeared, Tian Minyan's eyes were as bright as morning stars, and she forgot to breathe for a moment. She punched in the air and thought to herself, Damn! This time I will make a lot of money!
The system had a seizure last night, so I was late and sent it after I got to work. By the way, did anyone send me flowers?