Everyone is a villain, I am a madman, who am I afraid of?

The secret guard watched from the dark for a while before returning to Pei Shijing to report: "Madam, Madam Xie is really humble in front of Xie Fang."

"It's normal. It's okay for her to play some tricks in secret, but she is nothing in front of Xie Fang." Pei Shijing didn't take Mrs. Xie seriously.

When nothing happened in the capital, Mrs. Xie was indeed high and mighty, after all, Mr. Xie's status and position were different.

But this is the North, a place where one could lose his life or be torn to pieces at any time. Madam Xie is still the same as before, not knowing how to keep a low profile and even going against the Xie family. This means that Madam Xie is doomed to have a hard time in the future.

Especially what happened to Xie Fang.

Now Xie Fang has begun to dislike Madam Xie. It would be fine if Madam Xie had a little self-awareness, but if she continues to make trouble like this without knowing the reason, Xie Fang will definitely not tolerate it any longer.

"Madam, do you want to sow discord between them?"

"Not for now. After all, we don't need to sow discord between them. What we need to do now is to prepare for the spring ploughing. I'll give you a list, and you go and invite the people over."

"Yes."

The secret guard took the list given by Pei Shijing and went to the village to find the villagers.

These people were exiled here after being plotted against by the Guan family. They were all ministers in the court and supported Xiao Minye in their hearts.

When the secret guards went to invite them, Pei Shijing found Pei Qingshan and told him about spring plowing.

People arrived at Pei's house one after another. Someone who was close to Pei Qingshan came over and asked, "Qingshan, is there something that Jing'er asked us to come over for?"

"Brother Lin, Jing'er asked you to come here to discuss the spring ploughing."

Spring plowing?

The land in this place is so barren that they can't grow food even if they want to.

"Brother Lin, these are some things we obtained accidentally. Let me show them to you first, and you will know after you have seen them." Pei Qingshan knew what they were worried about, so he took out the grain seeds given by Pei Shijing and showed them.

"Potatoes and sweet potatoes are grown on sandy or dry land. Here we grow wheat and corn. We can't grow rice for the time being." There is not so much water in the north, so it will take some time for them to grow rice.

The people called by Pei Shijing looked at the seeds with wide eyes. Looking at the sweet potatoes that were bigger than fists, the Lin family swallowed their saliva and asked in a trembling voice: "This is... the grain we are going to plant this year?"

Not only potatoes and sweet potatoes, but even corn and wheat were fuller and larger than they had ever seen.

If all these grains were grown, wouldn’t the people in the north have enough food to eat?

"How many of these grain varieties are there?" The Lin family looked at Pei Qingshan and asked excitedly.

Pei Qingshan said with some regret: "This food is only enough for our village to grow. If you want to share it with others, you have to wait until next year."

Although the people who came here felt a little regretful, they also knew that finding so many seeds was a gift from God.

They also cannot be too greedy.

"That's good. Let's plant it and see how it goes. If the yield is high this year, we can keep some for ourselves and give the rest to the prince to distribute. But the prince should be okay, right?" They hadn't heard from the prince for a long time.

I don’t know how the prince is doing now.

"Don't worry, the prince has returned to the north and is fine now." Pei Qingshan knew that they were worried, so he thought about it and told them about Xiao Minye's stay in the north.

Everyone believed Pei Qingshan's words. If he said it was okay, then it must be okay.

When Pei Qingshan was about to say something, Elder Xie and Xie Fang came over together and said, "Qingshan, why didn't you call us when you asked everyone to come over?"

Pei Qingshan was not surprised by the appearance of the Xie family. He looked at them and said, "I asked everyone to come here to distribute the seeds in my hands."

"Qingshan, how many seeds do you have?" Xie Lao came here for this purpose. If these seeds fell into their hands and they were planted, they would no longer lack food.

"Not much. At most, only people in our village can plant some. There is no more." Pei Qingshan said a number, which made Old Xie frown slightly.

"Qingshan, are you telling the truth? You're not lying to us, are you?"

Before Pei Qingshan could speak, the Lin family member beside him had already spoken: "Qingshan has such a good relationship with the prince. If Qingshan had extra grain seeds, he would have given them to the prince for distribution instead of leaving them here for us to plant."

"Old Lin is right. The purpose of giving Qingshan to us to plant is to try it out and see what the yield will be. After the seeds are planted, we will give them to the prince for distribution. Old Xie, we don't like to hear such words from you."

"It's like Qingshan's private collection, which is meaningless."

When Mr. Xie was pointed at and bullied by everyone for saying such things, he knew that he shouldn't have said that.

Looking at Pei Qingshan, Mr. Xie said helplessly: "Qingshan, I didn't make my words clear."

"Nothing." Pei Qingshan said indifferently.

As if he really didn't care about it.

"Mr. Xie, your family hasn't bought the land yet, so I won't leave you any seeds this time. I'll leave you some seeds after the harvest this year. Is that okay with you?" Pei Qingshan asked Mr. Xie in front of him.

Mr. Xie didn't know how to refute what Pei Qingshan said.

Xie Fang thought for a moment and said, "Qingshan, there is some wasteland behind our house. We are planning to clean it up and grow some crops. Do you think you can give us some of your seeds?"

Pei Qingshan frowned, somewhat dissatisfied with Xie Fang's words. Wasn't what he said clear enough? How could Xie Fang still make such a request?

When Pei Qingshan wanted to refuse, Pei Shijing said, "Since Uncle Xie also wants to grow something, why not grow some sweet potatoes and potatoes? After all, these are the only things that can be grown on wasteland. You can't grow anything else even if you give it to him."

Xie Fang didn't want to grow sweet potatoes and potatoes, after all, they could only grow rice in their area.

"Jing'er, do you have any rice seeds?"

The Lin family frowned and looked at Xie Fang with dissatisfaction: "The reclaimed wasteland can't grow rice at all. It's useless for you to get rice seeds. It will only waste precious seeds. Forget it."

The Lin family members were just being kind when they said this, but Xie Fang frowned and said unhappily, "I just want rice."

“It’s okay to try.”

Pei Shijing looked at Xie Fang in front of him calmly, frowned and said, "The good land in the north can't even grow rice. You're reclaiming wasteland and asking me for rice seeds to plant. Isn't that inappropriate?"