"Yo~! Mangzi, it's so early today!"
"Dashun, aren't you very early? Haha, if I go too late, if the Baidianzi flower seeds start to shine, then who should I cry to?"
"Hey! Mangzi, what you said is wrong! We all went to the county government to register, who is the Marquis? How could he rely on our seeds?"
"Then why did you get up so early? Aren't you feeling uneasy?"
"Hey! I'm different! I want to get the seeds as early as possible, and then start planting immediately. It's the end of April now, and it's a day to plant early! I heard that the nutritious pot that the Houye family planted in Yunshan was already planted early. It has germinated and been transplanted into the mountainous area, and it is growing vigorously! If my white vines grow so well, I will be a big fan!"
"I think as long as we use the method taught by Mr. Hou, the final growth will definitely be good! After all, they are all using the same method! I plan to go to Qiquge Pavilion to buy two of these after receiving the seeds today. The bowls cost eighty cents each. If you buy two more, you can turn all the seeds into nutritious bowls two days earlier, and the bowl-making tools can be kept for next year, so it’s not a loss!”
"Eh? Mangzi! You have a good idea! After receiving the seeds, I will go with you to buy bowl-making equipment. Then my eldest son and my mother-in-law will make nutritious bowls with me, and we can prepare the seeds several days in advance. Plant them all!”
"Haha! That's right! That's the truth!"
Early in the morning of the next day, all the farmers in Lantian County got up early and headed straight to the county seat of Lantian County. Along the way, the farmers were holding hands, talking and laughing, and their faces were all filled with happiness. .
The news that the Lantian County government will distribute Baidiezi flower seeds today spread as early as yesterday evening. Even farmers in other prefectures and counties near Chang'an City know the news. The surrounding farmers are naturally envious. Now that Li Zexuan has really brought back tens of thousands of kilograms of flower seeds, the farmers in Lantian County can make a lot of money this year even if they do nothing and just rely on this acre of white flowers!
As soon as the city gate opened, the bankers who were guarding the city gate swarmed towards the county government office. All the government servants and clerks in the county government were dispatched today. Some helped verify the bankers' identities, some guided the bankers to sign the agreement, and some gave them instructions. Farmers weigh seeds and distribute farm tools to farmers. They all perform their duties and are divided into several teams to ensure that all seeds and farm tools can be distributed before noon!
It is said that each household is given a free bowl-making device, which adds up to tens of thousands of copies, and the cost is also high. In the past ten days, the workshop has been working hard to make so many bowl-making devices!
And most farmers, after receiving seeds and farm tools here, immediately go directly to Qiquge! Because experienced farmers all know that with one more bowl-making device, there will be one more person to help make nutritional bowls when they go back, and the Baidiezi flower seeds can be planted one day earlier. It is already the end of April now, no If you plant it early, you may not be able to catch up!
Besides, Qiquge's bowl-making utensils are not too expensive. Each one costs only eighty cents. Most people can still afford it with gritted teeth.
By the way, if Li Zexuan hadn't opened a branch of Qiquge in Lantian County, they would have had to go all the way to Chang'an City if they wanted to buy bowl-making tools today! Nowadays, not only is it necessary to go to Chang'an City to go to Qiquge, some famous stores and large stores in Chang'an City have also opened branches in Lantian County. Basically, the things you can buy in Chang'an City can now be bought in Lantian County. , this is the convenience that Li Zexuan's "arrival" has brought to the people of Lantian County!
Today, the Qiquge Pavilion in Lantian County has not disappointed the villagers. Cars and carts of bowl-making utensils are placed in the open space in front of the door. People can line up in more than a dozen teams to buy bowl-making utensils at the same time. First of all, it can be regarded as greatly saving the bankers' time.
"Sir, all farmers who have registered and have reclaimed wasteland have received their seeds and farm tools!"
At noon, it was already past lunch time, and all the 10,000 kilograms of flower seeds had just been distributed. The county government servants said to County Magistrate He, exhausted both physically and mentally.
County Magistrate He was also very tired today. His voice almost started to smoke from shouting next to him. Hearing this, he breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Haha! Okay! Okay! Mr. Sun, immediately Let all the officials in our county government clean up. We will go to the county's Zuixian Tower for a meal later. The Marquis said that everyone has worked hard this time, and specially prepared a banquet at Zuixian Tower to entertain us! "
Sun Captou was surprised and said: "Master Hou is kind! I will go and inform the brothers now!"
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The registration of thousands of farmers and the distribution of thousands of catties of Baidiezi flower seeds are not easy tasks. The officials of Lantian County and the county government have contributed considerable efforts, and almost everyone has contributed a lot. It was hard work, but in the end Li Zexuan's banquet reward made everyone feel that the recent hard work was completely worth it, not only because they were full of food and wine, but the most important thing was that they got recognition from Li Zexuan, and in the process, they also It has been recognized by the people in the county, and they are willing to work for Li Zexuan wholeheartedly for the rest of their lives!
The people who received the seeds started making nutrient bowls that afternoon. As for the fertile soil used in the nutrient bowls, they had already prepared it. There were cow dung, chicken manure and plant ash in the soil pile for fertilizer. It can ensure that the flower seeds germinate successfully. It is now the end of April. Even at night, it will not feel cold. Therefore, there is no need to store the nutrient bowls in the greenhouse. This will save a lot of money for the farmers. force!
Not only the farmers in Lantian County are busy planting Baidiezi, the farmers from the Cheng family, the Qin family, the Niu family, the Yuchi family, and the farmers in Royal Zhuangzi are all busy planting Baidiezi at the moment.
Since Yuchi Jingde was leading an expedition to Liangshidu at the moment, Yuchi's family was originally unable to catch up with this incident, but in the end Yuchi Jingde's wife came forward and with the help of the Qin, Cheng, Niu families and Li Zexuan, they also caught up. This is the last train to "get rich"!
It stands to reason that Li Zexuan's method of growing Baidiezi in nutrient bowls is no longer a secret. Not only the people of Lantian County know it, but also other people in the counties surrounding Chang'an City, but there are very few imitators!
There are many people among the people who believe that Li Zexuan's method can achieve better harvests and make a lot of money, but even if they want to follow suit, they don't have the capital! According to the current market price of Baidiezi flower seeds, even if most people use all the seeds, they can't buy a pound!
Although those wealthy families have capital, there are very few Baidiezi flower seeds on the market today. If they want to buy a large number of flower seeds, they can only do the same as Li Zexuan and send people to Guangdong to talk to Nanyang Maritime Traders. They bought it, but they were not willing to invest such a large amount of money and take the risk of following Li Zexuan. In this world, those who are willing to be the first to eat crabs are always brave people, and they are also a minority!
"Haha! If these Baidianzi can survive more than 70%, not to mention Lantian County, the entire people around Chang'an will probably be able to wear cotton-padded clothes this year!"
In Yanhuang Academy, the mountain chief's office, Ye Guozhong stood in front of the large floor-to-ceiling glass window, looking at the people at the foot of the mountain who were busy planting white croakers, and sighed with a smile on his face.
"I guess it won't work this year! We'll have to wait until next year at least!"
Li Zexuan stood behind Ye Guozhong and said quietly: "Just relying on these Baidiezi fields in Lantian County, it is still difficult to reduce the price of Baidiezi tidbits. By then, the people of Lantian County will certainly be able to afford the tidbits. People in other counties must not be able to afford the winter coats they made! The extra tidbits must have been bought by businessmen and sold to dignitaries! After all, everyone likes the warmth effect of this thing!
However, after this crop of Baidiezi blooms, we will be able to obtain hundreds of thousands of kilograms of Baidiezi flower seeds. By then, we will really have the conditions to fully promote planting in the entire prefecture and county near Chang'an. It depends on whether His Majesty has this ambition. ~! "
Ye Guozhong nodded and said: "That's the reason. Lantian County alone cannot bring down the price of Bai Diazi tidbits. However, Xiaoxuan, you have truly benefited the people. My grandfather is very pleased. Your father , your mother and the others are all proud of you now!"
"Grandpa, thank you! My grandson just doesn't want to see so many people suffer!"
Li Zexuan told the truth.
It's not his Holy Mother, but he really doesn't like to see people around him suffering. Although he is now a real Marquis of Ten Thousand Households, if he can't lead the people in his fief to become rich, all he will meet when he goes out are pitiful people who can't even afford to eat. Man, what’s the point of being this high and mighty prince?
Ye Guozhong glanced at Li Zexuan with admiration. He liked this grandson more and more now! After a long time, Ye Guozhong sighed:
"The Ye family is also blessed by Xiaoxuan this time. One thousand five hundred kilograms of seeds are enough for the farmers of the Ye family to work! Last time we took charge of the city to suppress the rebellion, Fashan got your help and made great achievements, but this time The child actually insists on going to the south to seek enlightenment. Alas, I don’t know whether it is good or bad to indulge in Dharma and goodness like this!"
Obviously, the last time Ye Fashan performed meritorious service in Guancheng but gave up receiving the reward, the belief that Ye Guozhong had always adhered to was somewhat shaken!
He had always supported Ye Fashan to devote himself to studying Taoism, but this time Ye Fashan gave up his official career because of his pursuit of Taoism, which made Ye Guozhong feel a little unsure! After all, Ye Fashan now has a promising cousin like Li Zexuan taking care of him in the court. As long as Ye Fashan is willing to accept Li Er's reward and enter his official career, his future achievements will definitely not be bad. It seems better than pursuing that The illusory way of heaven is much more reliable!
Li Zexuan smiled slightly and said: "My grandfather doesn't have to worry about gains and losses. Fa Shan insists on pursuing the truth, and he has a pure heart. His future achievements will definitely not be worse than my grandson!"
Ye Guozhong smiled. He just thought that Li Zexuan chose some nice words to comfort him deliberately, but he didn't know that Li Zexuan was stating the facts seriously!
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"Chief of the Mountain, Li Shilang wants to see you~!"
After seeing off Ye Guozhong, Li Zexuan sat alone in the office and quietly started drawing drawings. About two-quarters of an hour later, Mo Zhong walked in and bowed to report.
Li Zexuan usually doesn't like to be disturbed when he is drawing pictures or working seriously. At this time, Mo Zhong will guard the door very considerately.
Li Zexuan was stunned when he heard this, and asked subconsciously: "Li Shilang? Which Li Shilang?"
Mo Zhong quickly explained: "The mountain chief is Li Daochang, the general of the Taishi Bureau!"
"Oh~! It turns out to be Director Li! Then you didn't tell me earlier! Please invite Director Li in!"
Li Zexuan glared at Mo Zhong helplessly and thought to himself, Taoist Master Li is so good, why should he be called Li Shilang? It's easy to listen to bad people, okay?
Li Chunfeng is a relatively special existence in Yanhuang Academy. He is neither a student nor a teacher or employee of the academy. He belongs to the Taishi Bureau of the imperial court, but he often stays in the teacher's dormitory of Yanhuang Academy and often occupies it. The academy's astronomical telescope received such special treatment because Li Zexuan appreciated Li Chunfeng's personality and talent and specially opened the back door!
Li Chunfeng accidentally heard Li Zexuan say that the astronomical telescope could be modified and upgraded to make it better, so he often asked Mo Lingwei to help upgrade the astronomical telescope, but Mo Lingwei was busy with generators and microscopes at that time, and Li Chunfeng was not there. , Li Zexuan was thinking that Li Chunfeng came to see him today, maybe to upgrade the telescope!
Mo Zhong responded aggrievedly, and then went out to deliver the order.
After a while, Li Chunfeng pushed the door in, and Li Zexuan stood up to greet him enthusiastically. Before the two of them exchanged a few words, Li Chunfeng couldn't wait to get to the point: "Master Hou, something serious has happened! Pindao was watching the sky at the academy last night. I found that Jupiter enters from the south gate of Taiwei Yuan and exits from the east gate, and the Big Dipper is dim and obscured by light. All these signs are signs of severe drought!"
Severe drought!
Li Zexuan's heart skipped a beat. According to history, there would indeed be a severe drought in the Tang Dynasty this year, but he didn't expect that Li Chunfeng could predict this year's drought just by relying on the astrology. It seemed that he could create a magical book like "Tui Bei Tu" , Li Chunfeng indeed has two brushes!
oh! wrong! Definitely not just two brushes, but many brushes!
"My master has done a lot of research on the science of astrology, but I am ashamed to say that I have not received even half of the true information from him in this field. Does the astrology that the Taoist Master mentioned just now really indicate a severe drought?"
After Li Zexuan was stunned for a moment, he quickly put away the shock on his face and asked politely.
Li Chunfeng nodded solemnly and said: "It's absolutely true! Based on these horoscopes, Pindao can definitely conclude that a major drought is about to occur in the Tang Dynasty, and Pindao plans to return to Chang'an right now to report the matter to His Majesty! And ask Your Majesty to do so as soon as possible prepare for!"
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First update!
Two chapters in one!
Thanks to the Envoy for the Ten Thousand Rewards (March 18)
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