Chapter 199 Evergreen vegetables in winter? A miracle!
Chapter 199 Evergreen vegetables in winter? A miracle!
Early the next morning.
Li Changfeng took a new carriage specially built for him by the Research Institute and rushed to the vegetable planting base to check out the latest situation.
After staying in the palace for more than a month, he never came to see it, and he didn't know how the vegetables were growing and whether they could support his future business.
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Ma Laifu is an out-and-out farmer. He has been working in the fields with his parents since he can remember. He has never been to school and cannot even write his own name.
Now he is nearly fifty years old. He gave birth to his grandson last year. He thought that his life would pass by in an ordinary way.
It’s autumn this year.
His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince recruited farmers and said they would grow vegetables in winter. Malay Fu was stunned for a long time before he came to his senses.
Having been cultivating Ma Laifu all his life, he still clearly remembers that at that time he felt that His Highness the Ninth Prince must have lost his mind and gone crazy.
Otherwise, how could a normal person say such outrageous things?
However, the conditions offered by His Highness the Ninth Prince were really good. Not only was the salary high, but food and accommodation were also taken care of. There was even meat for lunch and dinner.
Therefore, Ma Laifu, who had nothing to do after autumn, signed up to go to the Ninth Prince's vegetable planting base.
His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince has a good reputation and his salary is indispensable, which Ma Laifu is very relieved about.
When he saw the vegetable greenhouse, he was stunned.
Vegetables should be grown inside the house?
This is simply ridiculous!
There are actually people who specially make straw curtains to keep the vegetable greenhouses warm, and some people even build weird fire pit-like things inside, saying it is also for heat preservation.
This place, let alone growing vegetables, is almost big enough for people to live there.
Malay Fu is really difficult to understand.
After the vegetable greenhouse was set up, hundreds of farmers like him were gathered together by a few people in white coats, who emphasized to them that they should just follow the normal way of growing vegetables.
As for the rest, they don't need to worry about it.
Hundreds of farmers like him were all confused.
However, they are good at farming!
Then just do as asked.
Sowing, fertilizing, watering, everything is carried out according to normal procedures.
They don't have any hope of growing vegetables because the temperature is getting colder and colder, which is not the right time for vegetables to grow.
Then, something magical happened.
The temperature of vegetable greenhouses in autumn can actually reach the same temperature as early summer!
What’s even more amazing is yet to come, the seeds actually burst out of the ground and sprouted!
Ma Laifu, who had been farming in the capital all his life, was immediately startled, thinking that a god had appeared. He knelt on the ground and kept praying to the sky.
He thought it was a miracle.
Not just him, all the farmers knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
The autumn frost has fallen and the young buds are sprouting. Isn't this a miracle?
Wearing white coats and claiming to be from the scientific research institute, people came to the scene and were very excited when they saw the vegetable sprouts, and then told them.
This is not because the gods are miraculous, but because the vegetable greenhouse invented by His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince can maintain the normal temperature of early summer in the space inside, allowing vegetables to be grown out of season.
When Ma Laifu heard this, he was shocked. He immediately recited Li Changfeng's name and kept kowtowing, as if he were a god.
It turns out that the previous rumors were true, and His Highness the Ninth Prince is truly like a god!
Other farmers were like him, kowtowing and praising Li Changfeng, and even some words were incoherent. They didn't know what words to use to express their excitement.
No one knows better than a farmer what this means.
Everyone takes good care of these vegetable sprouts, just like caring for a newborn baby.
As usual.
On this day, Malaifu took good care of the young vegetable seedlings as usual.
Suddenly there was a commotion in the shed.
"The Ninth Prince is here!"
"Kowtow to His Highness the Ninth Prince!"
Ma Laifu, who was working, looked towards the entrance of the vegetable greenhouse and saw a young man in Chinese clothes with a smile and no airs. He came to the field under the protection of many burly sergeants wearing heavy armor and holding swords.
The head of the land.
Malaifu immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed respectfully.
"Meet His Highness the Ninth Prince!"
Because he was so excited, Ma Laifu's voice even trembled.
His Highness the Ninth Prince seemed very happy.
"Haha...good! Very good!"
After a burst of joyful laughter, His Highness the Ninth Prince said loudly: "Everyone, get up. Each person will be rewarded with ten kilograms of meat and one tael of silver. Everyone in the planting base will have a share!"
"Thank you, His Highness the Ninth Prince!"
Malaifu looked excited and kowtowed again.
Li Changfeng was very happy.
The green vegetables grown in this greenhouse were growing very well, which was beyond his expectation.
The growth cycle of small green vegetables is short. Once one crop is pulled out, another crop can be planted immediately, which can be continuously supplied to the market.
In the summer, this thing is worthless.
But in autumn and winter, especially winter, you can definitely make a lot of money.
With a smile on his face, Li Changfeng inspected other vegetable greenhouses one after another before leaving with satisfaction.
After another round of the scientific research institute, Li Changfeng plucked some green vegetables that had just grown, and returned to Diandude to let the chef stir-fry them. The food was very satisfying.
During this period of time, he had already had enough of eating and drinking in the palace every day without having anything vegetarian.
After eating and drinking, Li Changfeng went to the kitchen in person, took a few core chefs with him, and ordered the talents to buy a large amount of various spices and start tinkering.
He didn't leave until dark.
The next day.
It was rare for Li Changfeng to get up early, and he took his people to look for shops in various areas of the capital, and finally found a large restaurant with a total of three floors.
Due to the influence of Diandu De, the business of this restaurant was very poor. When I heard that Li Changfeng wanted to buy it, I agreed without any hesitation.
After Li Changfeng took over, he immediately recruited a large number of craftsmen and gave them on-site instructions on how to decorate. He also specially ordered custom-made tables, which puzzled all the carpenters.
Why does a good table have to have a hole in the middle and iron sheets covering the edges?
What is this used for?
Li Changfeng didn't give any explanation, he just told them to hurry up and rush to work, and then hurriedly left the shop.
Everything is going on in an orderly manner.
The frost has passed, the beginning of winter has arrived, and the capital city finally received the first snow of the year.
The earth was covered with snow, and pedestrians on the streets wore thick cotton-padded jackets and hunched their necks when walking. The white air they exhaled formed a layer of white frost on their beards and eyebrows.
A luxurious carriage creaked along the street, heading towards the palace.
There is a special heater inside the carriage that can remove carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide from the outside, making the entire space warm as spring.
Li Changfeng was wearing a thin shirt and leaning on a chair covered with a wool blanket, his face full of contentment.