(MTL) The Story of a Cold Male Supporting Husband by Huajian Xiaopao

Chapter 57

 After the rice seeds were distributed

and the rice was harvested, the county magistrate Yue Ming brought more than a dozen yamen to the Xie family's door in person.

Ye Yuanxian and Xie Yifeng were still waiting for him in the yard, and they waved everyone, Yue Ming bowed and saluted solemnly, Ye Yuanxian stopped him before he bent down: "Sir, you don't need to be too polite, let's It 's better to get along with the previous situation."

Yue Ming was stunned for a while and then quickly responded: "Yes, thank you two gentlemen."

"Sir, please sit down." Ye Yuanxian greeted him to sit down, and then put the table on the table. The wooden plate that was handed to Yueming was carved from a single piece of wood and divided into five grids.

There are rice seeds with slightly different shapes in the grids. Some rice seeds are slender and slender as close to a cat's baby teeth, while others are short and plump.

"This is a high-yield rice seed," Ye Yuanxian pointed to the rice seed and introduced separately: "The most suitable rice seed for Lekang County is placed in the middle, and these two are suitable for planting in the mountains with low temperature and water sources; Compared with the southern rice, the two kinds of rice have higher yield and stronger disease resistance rate. The yield of these rice varieties has almost increased by more than half on the basis of the original."

With the introduction of Ye Yuanxian, Yue Ming's breathing became heavier and heavier. When he got up, he clearly knew what these rice seeds meant to him, and also knew how great the credit would be once the existence of these rice seeds was reported.

"Two gentlemen," Yue Ming took a deep breath and calmed down his anxiety before he said, "This matter of rice seeds is too important, I'm just a small county magistrate, and I'm afraid I can't bear such a big responsibility. Ye Yuanxian and Xie Yifeng looked at each other, Xie Yifeng smiled and said, "Sir, don't worry too much, the two of us invited the adults to come over not to leave these rice seeds under the responsibility of the adults." Only then did Yue Ming relax visibly to the naked eye. Get up, it's a good thing for a pie to fall from the sky, but if he doesn't have the ability to catch the pie, the pie can also become a boulder and kill him. "What do the two gentlemen mean?"

Ye Yuanxian looked at the greenhouse that was being built outside the yard: "The rice seeds produced in the Xie family's land are not even profitable for the entire Pinghuai Town. If you wait for next year's planting and harvesting, it will be a waste of a year. Time."

Yue Ming also thought about the stakes, crops are different from other crops, at most two crops can be harvested a year, if you miss this year, and next year will be delayed because of insufficient seeds, then you can only wait for the year after. Harvest.

But in this way, the loss of only one year is unknown, not to mention who can guarantee that the year afterward will still be as smooth as this year, and everything will be safe?

Yue Ming couldn't wait to sit up straight and look at Ye Yuanxian: "Sir, what's the trick?"

Xie Yifeng was dissatisfied with Ye Yuanxian's approach, and he used the tea pouring to keep the distance between the two slightly apart. He explained: "Adults must know about conservatories. Since conservatories can make flowers that do not belong to winter bloom in the cold winter, they can also make crops grow in the cold winter, but the price is a bit high."

Yue Ming only felt that a vague door was in his own hands. When he opened it in front of him, all kinds of whimsical thoughts flooded his mind: "If the gentleman is willing to distribute some seeds to the squires and landlords, the construction of the conservatory with their ability will surely be successful."

"In this way, it will occupy the largest area in the county. The landowners and squires' rice seeds can be cultivated by themselves, and the county government does not have to worry about it. The rice seeds of ordinary people's homes are cultivated by the county government and distributed in the spring of the following year."

"In this way, only the With a winter's time and a little money and manpower, the high-yielding rice seeds will surely be popularized in the spring of next year." Yue Ming said with a flush of excitement on his face, as if he was drunk, thinking about next year There may be a harvest, and he looks more and more excited.

Seeing that he had figured out the key, Xie Yifeng said again: "It's early autumn now, although the weather is still hot, the temperature will definitely get lower and lower in the future, what the adults have to do is to take advantage of these few days. Arrange the time as soon as possible, let people plant the seedlings, and directly transplant the rice after the arrangement, and it is best to enter the heading stage before winter."

Rice matures early or late. Early-maturing rice has a maturity cycle of about 100 days, while late-maturing rice ranges from five to six months to seven or eight months.

The rice cultivated by Ye Yuanxian is slightly later than the early-maturing rice, about one hundred and thirty days, which is about four months.

Now that autumn has just arrived, the temperature in autumn is indeed suitable for the early growth of rice. The effect of the conservatory will not be realized until the weather is completely cold.

Yue Ming murmured: "I see, two gentlemen. I'll do it right now." As

he spoke, he got up, but then sat down again: "I will buy rice seeds at twice the market price. A somewhat ashamed look appeared on his face: "Although the price is lower, this is all that the county government can provide. I promise that as long as the two gentlemen are in need, the county government will support them wholeheartedly. Two gentlemen."

Ye Yuanxian nodded casually, the purpose of the two of them was not this, but Yue Ming knew that he was more grateful to them and felt more comfortable.

"As for the other rice seeds.." Yue Ming looked embarrassed, Xie Yifeng put away the rice seeds: "These will not bother the adults, I will send them to the saint."

Yue Ming bowed deeply. Head: "Yes, then there are two gentlemen." The

county magistrate and the yamen pulled rice seeds with three carriages when they left. The villagers watched the yamen's team go away as if they were watching the fun. Only the village Chang realized that maybe the Xie family had done something amazing again, and that would attract people from the county to come to the door in such a big way.

After the county magistrate left, without everyone noticing, two more people quietly came to the door.

The person in the lead immediately knelt down and kowtowed when he saw Xie Yifeng: "An Twelve has seen Lord Master Jun, and this Lord." He didn't know how to address Ye Yuanxian, so he could only take him by kowtow. .

"Get up." Xie Yifeng introduced to Ye Yuanxian: "He is the twelfth comforter of Ming and Qing men, and will stay here for a long time for us to drive."

There are thousands of secret guards under a generation of monarchs, and all the abilities that can be ranked in the top 50 are not bad. Only in this way will Ming and Qing Dynasty rest assured that his father who taught him since childhood will stay here.

Xie Yifeng handed the secret handwritten letter to An Twelve, and at the same time arranged: "Tomorrow, there will be an additional batch of rice seeds in the Xie family pharmacy, and your contact will send the rice seeds to Ming and Qing Dynasties quickly. Remember that there must be no mistakes."

"Yes, my lord." An Twelve immediately assured.

After arranging all kinds of things, Ye Yuanxian and Xie Yifeng didn't relax, especially Ye Yuanxian, he still immersed himself in his experiment of hybridization to increase yield, but the object of the experiment changed from rice to wheat.

Another half month passed, and there was a small turmoil in the imperial court, and after the turmoil, the household department became busy. Others don't know what the Ministry of Household is busy with, but there is a vague rumor that it is a good seed.

It turned out to be a new seed, so it didn't have much to do with them, and everyone no longer took this matter to heart, and turned to explore the source of the turmoil.

And the source of this turmoil was the awakening of Prince Zheng.

Prince Zheng was deeply trusted by the emperor, and he held the military power of the 100,000-strong army on the frontier. He is upright and resolute, and he is most disliked by the arrogance of the flies in the court. For a family who likes to study the art of the emperor's heart, the prince is a nightmare.

It's just that this nightmare dissipated last year, when the prince's disease was levied, and the bloodline of the descendants he left behind was persecuted by the side branches of the prince's family who had been blessed by him. In addition, the forces from all sides who were not used to the prince's palace were suppressed. The blood was almost cut off.

But now, the first thing that Prince Zheng did after he woke up was to thoroughly investigate the palace, beheading people who had dissent, and those who were not guilty of death were also put in prison for custody. Completely clear up and down.

It's just that the means are too iron-blooded, which makes people shudder.

Many people have written to the prince to disregard his life and mutilate the clan. However, the young emperor did not pay attention to this, and even sent the Guards to strengthen the martial law. In name, he was afraid that the prince would hurt innocent people. In fact, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the emperor was taking the opportunity to help Wangfu.

What shocked them even more was that just after Prince Zheng recovered, he presented a secret order to the current emperor, and soon after the secret order was presented, several sets of tea cups were broken in the Qianqing Palace.

The hearts of the court are floating, and the secret exchanges are closer.

It's just that all this has nothing to do with the Xie family in the remote county. Youluo Village and the Xie family ushered in a new round of harvest.

The baogu in the village has matured, and the yield is much better than they expected. For example, the per-mu yield of people with hard-working hands and feet and meticulous care has reached more than 1,000 catties.

The soil quality is slightly poor or the care is not fine, and the yield per mu has reached more than 900 catties. Except for potatoes and sweet potatoes, it is the first time that the villagers have seen that one mu of land can produce so much grain.

Moreover, the buns are different from rice and wheat. There is no need to remove the husks after threshing the buns. As long as they are finely ground, they can be eaten. Except that the taste is slightly worse than the first two, there is nothing else to say.

The village was full of joy, and they also knew that this seed was the best seed that the village chief asked the Xie family to buy with a shy face, and they felt a little more grateful to the Xie family.

The Xie family's buns have also had a bumper harvest. Xie Yi asked the old man in the village to make a special sieve for sifting seeds. The holes in the sieve are the size of half a fingernail, and the dry and bad buns are sifted out. .

Only the plump and lustrous seeds remain in the sieve and are finally packed together.

Both Ye Yuanxian and Xie Yifeng seldom eat corn flour, and Xie Yi and the others only eat one meal every two or three days, so 70% of the corn produced by the Xie family is scraped off the small ones. Reserved for seed sale.

The other three achievements were Xie Yi and their rations. As for those small grains that were not enough to make seeds, they were ground and mixed with weeds to make the most delicious feed for the donkey and the two horses.

The stone mill in the village creaked non-stop, that is, every household was grinding the rice flour. For the people in the village, this rice flour was really delicious.

After a short rest, Ye Yuanxian and Xie Yifeng took the newly harvested corn seeds to the shop in the town. They wanted to sell all these corn seeds before winter began.