Chapter 25 Shanyang Little Spirit Species (seeking PP)
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"What's so good about the Shanyin Liu family?" Mrs. Chen muttered, "Everyone has their eyes set on the top, and they are constantly plotting and plotting. According to me..."
The Liu family of Shanyin and the Gongsun family of Shanyang are only separated by Longji Mountain, and Longji Mountain is rich in resources and minerals. There is usually a lot of friction between the two families, and their relationship is naturally not harmonious.
"That's enough! You old lady, how can you talk nonsense about the marriage between the Wang family and the Liu family?" Gongsun Mo couldn't sit still anymore and hurriedly stood up and shouted, "Gongsun Qiang, help your mother go back to rest. I and I
Shouzhe still has something to say."
Gongsun Qiang hurriedly helped the old lady who was still chattering away, and Gongsun Hui also said: "Zhe'er, you have a good chat with your grandfather. I will go and talk to my mother for a while first."
Gongsun Hui's purpose of connecting the thread today was achieved. It would be inappropriate for her to participate in the conversation between Gongsun Mo and Wang Shouzhe. Then she took Wang Luojing's little hand and left together.
After everyone left, Wang Shouzhe bowed his hands to Gongsun Mo and said, "Shouzhe pays homage to my grandfather."
"Zhe'er, there is no need to be polite. Come and have a taste of the spiritual tea grown by your grandfather." Gongsun Mo was well prepared for Wang Shouzhe's arrival and immediately ordered someone to serve spiritual tea and spiritual fruit.
Lingcha and Lingguo are luxury goods in the Xuanwu family, and they must rely on Lingtian to grow them, and Lingtian is an important strategic resource for every family. Gongsun Mo only has a variety of Lingcha Lingguo on several acres of Lingtian.
, specially used to entertain distinguished guests.
As for the Ping'an Wang family, the only spiritual fields left to grow white jade spiritual rice are not enough for the clan's consumption. Naturally, they will not use them to grow spiritual tea spiritual fruits, which have a relatively poor economic efficiency.
"Thank you, grandpa." Wang Shouzhe was naturally not polite when there were spiritual tea and spiritual fruits to enjoy, and he immediately sat down and began to enjoy them.
Inside the teacup carved from jade, the tea was rosy in color and fragrant, and the smell of it made people feel relaxed and happy. After taking a sip, a slight bitterness filled the teeth, but the next moment, a cool feeling filled his forehead, making Wang Shouzhe suddenly feel enlightened.
Feeling refreshed, some obscure and gloomy emotions and thoughts are swept away.
"Good tea." Wang Shouzhe couldn't help but praise, "This spiritual tea has a mellow fragrance and a long aftertaste. It also helps calm the mind and wash away distracting thoughts in the mind."
"Haha, I didn't expect that Zhe'er is also a person who knows tea." Gongsun Mo Laohuai was relieved, and suddenly realized that Mingzhu had no secret intentions, and proudly introduced, "This tea is called Shanyang Xiaolingzhong. It was made in Longlong when I was young.
The wild Lingcha species accidentally discovered deep in the Ridge Mountains, after decades of careful cultivation, can now stably produce more than one kilogram per year, and even the two ancestors of the family like it quite a lot. So, I will evenly distribute it every year.
You have one or two."
When he talked about Yun Yiliang, the corner of Gongsun Mo's mouth twitched imperceptibly, and he was obviously a little distressed. It's no wonder that growing Lingcha is not as dense as White Jade Lingmi, nor is it like the tea species on the earth, which can be planted as densely as possible.
Often, only a few Lingcha trees can be cultivated in one acre of Lingtian field, and daily intensive cultivation and maintenance are essential. The picking, rolling, fermentation and other processes are also very particular.
Therefore, the cost of even one tael of spiritual tea is very high.
"Thank you so much, grandpa, Zhe'er is so disrespectful." Wang Shouzhe knew that Gongsun Mo was interested in supporting him, so naturally he would not refuse.
Among the current Wang family, only Wang Shouzhe is worthy of Gongsun Mo's investment, just like when Gongsun Mo married his daughter to Wang Dingyue as a continuation of his marriage. If one day, Wang Shouzhe can be promoted to the Lingtai realm, he will definitely miss this incense love.
More importantly, both Gongsun Mo and his wife love Gongsun Hui very much. And Wang Shouzhe is Gongsun Hui's legitimate son. It can be said that she will rely on her in the future of the Wang family. Therefore, for the sake of his daughter's face, Gongsun Mo will also find ways to squeeze out some.
resources to support his cheap grandson Wang Shouzhe.
Of course, all this is based on the fact that Wang Shouzhe has good potential and his relationship with Gongsun Hui is a loving mother and a filial son.
If Wang Shouzhe is a white-eyed wolf who doesn't know the heights of the world, Gongsun Mo will naturally be too lazy to take care of him. If the Wang family completely declines, the worst he can do is take his daughter and granddaughter back to Gongsun's family.
After the two exchanged pleasantries, they got down to business.
After Gongsun Mo drank a cup of tea, his expression gradually became serious: "Zhe'er, after receiving the letter from you this morning, I originally had some doubts. Then I went to the farm to check it out, and contacted the clan members.
The final decision was made after exchanges with experienced farmers. As you said, there is indeed a possibility of a honey bug disaster, which may reduce the production by more than 60% compared to last year. Zhe'er, I represent the Gongsun family here..."
"Grandfather, please don't say such nonsense." Wang Shouzhe interrupted, "Even if I don't issue a warning, with the outbreak rate of honey bugs in the past two days, each family will be affected as soon as today, or tomorrow tomorrow.
Everyone will be alert."
The signs of aphids are not obvious at first, and they are affected by aphids more or less every year and reduce production. Therefore, farmers will get used to the appearance of some aphids at first. But once an outbreak occurs, the aphid eggs buried in the soil will disappear in a very short time.
Climb out and catch the person off guard.
"This statement is ridiculous." Gongsun Mo shook his head and said, "We, the Gongsun family in Shanyang, own 16,000 acres of fertile land. This season's winter wheat harvest is calculated at 15 coppers per mu, which is 240,000 coppers.
Converted to dry gold, it is 2,400 dry gold. Now is the early stage of the honey bug outbreak. Even if the production is reduced by 20%, the loss of 400 to 500 dry gold will be recovered. What's more, I will follow your arrangement and dispatch the tribesmen in advance.
The He family will go into the mountains to catch lacewings and nine-star insects."
After all, lacewings, nine-star insects, and even the King of Insects are just mortal objects, not even first-order spiritual insects. Normally, almost no one would pay attention to them. At least some of them can still be collected in the mountains of Shanyang Generation.
While the two were talking, a general came to report that the first batch of captured lacewings and nine-star bugs had been sent back.
"In that case, let's get started without further delay. Please ask my grandfather to send his confidants to accompany us." Wang Shouzhe stood up and said, "Rescuing disasters is like putting out fires. There should be no delay at all."
Soon, the maid called Gongsun Hui and Wang Luojing back, and rode horses together to Gongsun's largest farm. It was a huge farm with seven thousand acres of fertile land.
It can be seen that the foundation of the Shanyang Gongsun family now far exceeds that of the Ping An Wang family.
The tenants of the entire farm are already working like crazy. They use traditional plant ash juice and double the dose of insecticide powder to kill the insects. This operation has a pretty good effect. If they have enough insecticide powder, it seems that
It can also curb the outbreak of this pest disaster.
Unfortunately, Gongsun only stocked up a small amount of insecticide powder, which was a drop in the bucket and was unable to control the overall situation.
"Fourth Brother~" Wang Luojing spent more than an hour taming three lacewing insect kings and one nine-star insect king. She seemed very exhausted. "Because the time was too short, these insect kings could only be tamed briefly, barely.
You can command them to move and let the generals release wild lacewings and nine-star insects."
"Luo Jing, thank you so much for your hard work." Wang Shouzhe stroked her head with some distress, and took out the spiritual fruit he just picked up from his arms, "You should cheer up first, disaster relief will not be delayed after all."
"Fourth brother, don't worry." Wang Luojing nodded obediently. After eating the spiritual fruit, her physical strength recovered a lot, "As long as the insect king can be controlled, those lacewings and nine-star insects will not run around. But I want them to go
It’s not okay to summon bugs on your own and then fly back.”
Then, Wang Luojing followed the instructions of the gourd and the ladle, reluctantly commanding the insect king and the insects to enter the thousands of acres of wheat fields. After a lot of trouble, the sky was already dark.
At this time, Gongsun Mo came to the scene in person and brought a cook and a lot of spiritual food. He cooked dinner on the spot and packed up a room in the farm. The patriarch, the young patriarch, and a tribesman named Gongsun Zhong
Accompanied by his wife Wang Liuyu.
Wang Liuyu is a member of the Wang clan. She should be forty years old at this time, but she looks like she is only in her early thirties because of her good health. Judging from her dress, it seems that she is living a good life.
"Shouzhe has met Third Aunt and Third Uncle." Wang Shouzhe first bowed his hands in salute.
"This, this, Shouzhe is so polite." Gongsun Zhong is relatively thick and dark-looking. It is said that he is in charge of the work in the mine of the Gongsun family. He has a high status among the Zhimai people, but his personality is simple, dull and unsociable.
Wang Liuyu returned the favor repeatedly, showing great respect for Wang Shouzhe. Although she was one generation older than Wang Shouzhe, Wang Shouzhe was a direct descendant and the head of the Wang family.
But Wang Luojing suddenly threw herself into Wang Liuyu's arms and called sweetly: "Auntie."
Compared to the blood relationship, Wang Liuyu is the second daughter of Wang Xiaozhi, the fourth old lady. She is also Wang Luojing's serious aunt, so the relationship is naturally close.