Long live the general

He stepped on the soil since he was a child, looking at the farmers bending over to plant rice seedlings, and he would ask various questions.

Why do you need to cultivate in spring, why do you need water and sunlight, why do you need to turn the soil... It was a very simple question at the beginning, but later on, it became complicated, and even experienced old farmers couldn't answer it.

Experience is a very important thing. Farmers who are farming for the first time are definitely different from those who have been farming for a lifetime. However, brains are more important than experience.After all, most cultivators and weavers use whatever seeds and farm tools they have. They don’t want to change seeds, improve methods of farming, or invent better weaving machines. They just repeat previous process.

In this way, He Guo absorbed the experience of the old farmers while lowering his head and pondering.He discovered a very important thing, the food production in the north is not as good as that in the south.

This? This is something that everyone knows, but why not? Thinking about it, why the grain output in the north is not as good as that in the south, because the north has less rainfall, insufficient water conservancy, and frequent strong winds and droughts.

After analyzing all these, he thought about how to solve these problems.

It will rain or it will not rain, strong winds or droughts are beyond human control.

But on the farmland, people may not be unable to control the climate of this one-third of an acre of land.

He Guo is usually taciturn, with a red nose and thick lips, and looks a little dull.But in fact, his thinking is very quick, and he seems to be in a daze, but in fact, he has already thought of a deep place in his mind.

But he lacked a little ability to act. He Guo was rejected by his father, and his heart was somewhat inferior and introverted. He felt that he was right, but he couldn't help but doubt himself.

However, the desire for research overwhelmed everything. After accumulating a lot of information, He Guo finally decided to implement his plan. However, at this moment, the order from Chang'an City came down, and the sheriff did not ask He Guo's opinion. They packed him and sent him directly to Chang'an.

He Guo sat on the carriage in a daze, only brought the manuscripts he had accumulated over the years, and drove to an unknown distance.

After the five of them had discussed that grain production restricted the Dayue Northern Expedition and the development of various projects, He Guo put forward his own ideas.

Change the current farming methods to increase food production.

After saying this, he felt very embarrassed, as if he was an ignorant child who talked big.On the contrary, Huo Lingyue was very interested after hearing this, because Huo Yi has emphasized countless times that food is grown from the soil by the people one by one.

Huo Lingyue made a quick decision and said that she would find a piece of land in Chang'an City for the experiment.

For a moment, He Guo felt that his manuscript could no longer be produced. He felt that this group of people, although they were all outstanding at the moment, were still young after all.

There is always a feeling of being unreliable.

Huo Lingyue said that no matter what you do, you should do it as soon as possible. The sooner you know what you are going to do, the better.

For example, Zhou Zhenyan became the emperor, but he knew what he wanted to do when he was six years old.For example, although Huo Yi led troops to fight at the age of 28, he went out with his father when he was 16 years old.

Huo Lingyue often regrets that she only started to systematically get in touch with various knowledge after Huo Yi came back when she was eight years old. If she could have been a few years earlier, she would definitely be better than she is now.

One year earlier, one more year of experience, no matter how well you do it.

Accumulation, little accumulation becomes more.

Huo Lingyue's mobility is amazing. She has a field of her own, but it is a bit far away from Chang'an City.Later, when Zhou Zhenqian found out about this, he directly allocated half an acre of land in Ziwei Palace for them to farm.

His majesty's partiality for the Huo family has reached such a point.He Guo felt that no matter who made such a request, it would be impossible to realize it...

In short, the five of them started farming in Ziwei Palace.

It was like a dream.

He Guo held his own manuscript, and his eyes fell on the other four people in turn.

The core of this circle is Huo Lingyue. She may not be the smartest or strongest, but everyone is indeed brought together because of her.The second one is Li Feng, his martial arts is really outstanding among the students of the Taixue Palace, and Li Feng is a very reliable person, down-to-earth and sincere. Extremely rich, no matter ask him, he will know everything.There is also a man named Hong Yang, who is good at temperament and arithmetic, and also knows how to calculate the calendar, and some weird things.

No matter what He Guo thinks, he feels that he is useless compared to them. He doesn't know why Huo Lingyue allowed him to enter this circle at the beginning?

Huo Lingyue greeted him with a shovel, and He Guo quickly put away his thoughts and ran over to help.

The ditch they are digging now is different from the ones they have seen before. The ditch is made into ridges, and the ditch and ridge alternate with each other. The ditch is one foot wide, one foot deep, and the ridge is also one foot wide.One mu is custom-made to be six feet wide, which can accommodate three ditches and three ridges, but they only have half an mu of land, so there is only one ditch and two ridges.Plant the crops in the ditch? The seeds are sown on the bottom of the ditch without being blown by the wind. After growing into seedlings, they can also get and maintain more water.This method was originally used by farmers in the north to adapt to the farming methods in the northern dryland areas, that is, the field ridges where crops are planted on the same plot are replaced every year. He Guo plans to improve on this basis.

"Every time we hoe weeds in intertillage, we will hoe the soil on the ridge into the ditch together with the weeds to cultivate the roots of the seedlings." When He Guo talked about these things, he talked more.

Huo Lingyue straightened up and wiped off her sweat.

Ning Zhuguang also stopped, panting and said: "I don't understand, why do we have to come here in person, dig a ditch, this kind of thing? Leave it to them, can't they do it?"

The point of this farming method is not digging ditches.A few of them are neither familiar with it, nor physically capable, and their efficiency is too low.

At first, they wanted to do this secretly.In fact, there is nothing that can’t be said, it’s just that young people pursue the joy of secretly doing big things, so everyone didn’t tell anyone at the beginning, and prepared to dig ditches and farm by themselves.

But later, His Majesty the Emperor? Didn't he know about it? He even gave them a piece of land.

What is the point of doing it yourself at this time.

Huo Lingyue burst out laughing: "You're right." They're still sneaking around here? Gathering, it seems very exciting.

Hong Yang is very energetic: "This? Isn't it very interesting, Mr. Ning will never have the opportunity to cultivate the land by himself in his life."

Mr. Ning gave him a blank look, and at this moment, a noisy voice came from the side of a wall.

No one in Ziwei Palace dared to make such a noise. This place is not a harem, which means it can only be the students of Taixue Palace.Huo Lingyue was not interested in what they were arguing about, so she kept digging the ditch.

However, a faint sound of "Zhennan Prince's son" came to her ears from the next door.

Isn't the prince of Zhennan the same as Zhou Yunshen?

Zhou Yunshen was stopped at the corner by a group of people, and the people who stopped him were the sons and daughters of King Huai'an.

"Prince of Zhennan, you don't say hello when you see us." The prince of Huai'an held the bow and arrow he was going to use this afternoon, and he twitched his mouth: "We are cousins, there is no need to be so estranged." Bar."

Zhou Yunshen cupped his hands and bowed: "Cousin, cousin, see you."

His attitude was too indifferent, and Prince Huai'an snorted in extreme displeasure.When he came to Chang'an City, he was more or less coldly received by King Huai'an, but he was not convinced in his heart.I thought that I could have a good relationship with Zhou Zhenyan in Chang'an City, after all, the emperor is his little uncle, but I didn't expect that Emperor Yuan Ding would prefer a girl from the Huo family who had nothing to do with him.It's fine if everything goes wrong, and there are two idiot sons of King Chuhai looking for trouble every day, and they don't even look at who is their real enemy.

And the students of Taixue Palace admire Huo Lingyue and others more than their royal relatives.

Huo Lingyue, the daughter of a chariot general, was actually more eye-catching than the dignified prince of Huai'an.

What made Prince Huai'an most angry was that he had nothing to do with Huo Lingyue and the others.Even facing Huo Lingyue occasionally, he would feel fear from the bottom of his heart.

His dissatisfaction, fear and anger piled up, but no one could tell. His younger sister is a fool who only knows how to dress up, and the prince of Huai'an is getting more and more irritable. Today, Zhou Yunshen walked by alone, as if no one else was around, and he didn't see any kindness towards him. Respect, the distorted emotions in Huai'an Prince's heart have a target to vent.

Huo Lingyue has His Majesty's backing, and the prince of Chuhai is not easy to mess with. You are nothing, the prince of Zhennan, you dare to ignore my existence. Who doesn't know that King Zhennan was defeated and fled, and was just recruited by His Majesty.

Everyone knew that Zhou Yunshen was an abandoned proton, and His Majesty the Emperor didn't like him.

This? A man without any background.

A group of people blocked Zhou Yunshen in a corner, and the prince of Huai'an stroked the bow in his hand, and suddenly said: "Cousin, although we are brothers, we haven't met each other for more than ten years. When I saw you today, I feel sorry for you." My cousin is very kind, and I really want to get in touch with you."

Princess Huai'an stood beside her with a smile. She dressed up very beautifully every day, and her posture and appearance were all carefully designed. Most of the time, she had to maintain her most beautiful side.

Zhou Yunshen didn't speak. He saw that the prince of Huai'an wanted to make trouble for him. It was useless to say anything at this time, so he just said it lazily.

It's always like this.

It will always go in the worst direction.

Prince Huai'an snorted coldly, and said: "There is an archery test this afternoon. If my cousin and I practice archery for a while, the test results in the afternoon will be better. I remember that in the last test, your score was like It's very ordinary, and His Majesty is very disappointed."

Zhou Yunshen's grades have always been very mediocre. Whether it's literature or martial arts, including the rhythm and arithmetic courses, they are all stuck at the line of just passing.

His ranking in Taixue Palace has not changed, and it is the least noticeable ranking.

Huai'an Wang Shizi didn't like it in his heart, so he looked down on him, and felt that he really lost the face of the royal family.

At this moment, when he thought of it, he smiled eagerly: "My cousin's performance should be improved a bit. Let's start practicing from archery."

Someone next to him asked: "My son, how should I practice?"

"Help each other." Prince Huai'an raised his chin and said, "Let my cousin try his hand first?"

Several students looked at each other and walked towards Zhou Yunshen after a brief hesitation.To them, Zhou Yunshen was a prince after all, and if he bullied him too much, they would definitely be the ones who were unlucky in the end.But Prince Huai'an is a man with a bad temper and cruel methods, and he will end up disobedient.Thinking about it carefully, although Zhou Yunshen is the eldest son, he is indeed not taken seriously...

Zhou Yunshen stood where he was, without looking at the accomplices, and asked, "Cousin, what do you want to do?"

Prince Huai'an raised his bow, aimed at the direction where Zhou Yunshen was, and said, "Practice archery. I heard that in times of crisis, the accuracy of archery can be improved. My cousin stands there as a target. What about me? If you get nervous, you might be able to shoot more accurately."

Zhou Yunshen said calmly, "You want to kill me?"

"How can you say that? It's just practice, practice." No matter how much Huaian Wang Shizi dared not kill people, he just wanted to scare Zhou Yunshen and see how panicked he looked.Although so far, Zhou Yunshen has acted too calmly.

As he said that, Prince Huai'an took out an arrow from his quiver, aimed at Zhou Yunshen, and said in his mouth, "Cousin, don't hide, this? If you shoot at any critical place, you can None of my business."

The prince of Huai'an slowly drew his bow, and he was also a little surprised in his heart, why Zhou Yunshen has not shown any panic until now.

The string in his hand became tighter and tighter, and Prince Huai'an's fingers trembled slightly. Just then, a voice came from behind him.

"What are you doing here, son?"

Prince Huai'an came back to his senses suddenly, and saw Huo Lingyue squatting on the wall.

Huo Lingyue's posture is not elegant at all, even very vulgar. Her face is still sweaty, and she is wearing coarse linen clothes that are convenient for farming.Princess Huai'an looked her whole body up and down, then shook her head gracefully and slowly.

How can there be such a girl, how will she marry in the future.

"It's none of your business." Prince Huai'an said coldly, "Don't meddle in your own business."

Huo Lingyue stood up, holding a small stone in her hand, raised the corner of her mouth, and said, "Practice archery, son, but with your archery skills, it's useless to shoot arrows at Prince Zhennan, why don't you come at me?" try."

Prince Huai'an's pupils shrank, and the anger he had accumulated for a long time burst out. He had a full bow and arrow in his hand, and Huo Lingyue stood there without any defense.

At that moment, his head was so hot that he had almost no room for thinking. After being provoked by Huo Lingyue, Prince Huai'an only felt that he could no longer hold the bowstring, and the arrow in his hand flew away!

After the arrow was detached from the bowstring, the prince of Huai'an suddenly felt a surge of fear. He stared at the arrow, and then heard a click, and another arrow flew from the side, piercing through the previous arrow, ruthlessly Hard on the ground.

Li Feng held an iron bow in his hand and still kept his archery posture.His eyes turned to Huo Lingyue, full of disapproval?

It's too risky to be so disregarding your own safety.

Behind him, He Guo and the others stood together, also feeling scared for a while.

"Hey, still? It's really coming." Huo Lingyue touched the short knife Broken Dream that hadn't had time to get out of its sheath at her waist, and Zhou Zhenyan allowed her to bring the knife into the palace...

Prince Huai'an's legs softened and he knelt on the ground.

If this one hits the arrow, it's over for him.

Huo Lingyue stood on the wall and smiled at Prince Huai'an: "I underestimated the prince, who dares to shoot arrows and hurt people in Ziwei Palace, but you."

Zhou Yunshen looked up at her.

The noon sun was pale and dazzling, illuminating everything in front of me, but it made Huo Lingyue's facial features blurred in sight.

He wanted to see the little girl's expression clearly, but the sun was too bright.

You will cry after watching it for a while.

Huo Lingyue jumped off the wall, walked up to Prince Huai'an, and asked him softly, "Do you want to let His Majesty know about this?"

Prince Huai'an still? Didn't speak, Princess Huai'an said coldly: "Don't go too far, Huo Lingyue."

Huo Lingyue opened her eyes wide: "I still? Didn't do anything, how can I go too far?"

The princess lowered her eyes and said, "There is no one else here except the two of us. When His Majesty asks, we will make statements based on the number of people. Our side will win."

At this time, Huo Lingyue paid serious attention to this beautiful princess, and said with a smile: "Princess, do you really think that those people are willing to testify for you? They followed you to get asylum. But you can't wait to push them into the pit? Treating your friends behind you like this will make your friends chill."

The face of the princess changed slightly, and a crack appeared in her perfect expression. She kicked her brother with her toes and said, "Then brother, you should take the initiative to admit your mistake."

"No, no, no!" Huai'an Wang Shizi repeatedly refused, he turned to Huo Lingyue, his voice was extremely sharp: "Don't let His Majesty know!... Please."

The princess sighed, this kind of thing is naturally more and more serious, why not admit it frankly, and change some vague rhetoric, His Majesty will not punish severely for the sake of King Huai'an.

But the fear caused her brother to lose his judgment. Maybe he knew in his heart that he should admit his mistake, but he dared not face this scene anyway.

"You probably didn't do it on purpose, so I'll help you keep this secret, son."

Huo Lingyue restrained her smile, and suddenly felt a heavy pain in her heart.

If it was before, she would definitely deal with it on the spot, or inform His Majesty about this matter, and let His Majesty decide.

But under Zhou Zhenyan's education, she suddenly understood that holding someone's handle in her hand can play a greater role than solving the problem immediately.

Zhou Zhenyan held many handles in his hands, and then used them at critical moments to achieve his goals.

Huo Lingyue sighed in her heart, Huo Yi and Tao Jiamu taught her some very warm and righteous things, but after meeting His Majesty the Emperor, she saw a colder side from a height.

And it is undeniable that in her heart she is more inclined to Zhou Zhenyan's rules of conduct.

The son left in a hurry with those people, Huo Lingyue walked up to Zhou Yunshen and said, "Are you okay?"

Zhou Yunshen lowered his head: "I'm fine, you came very quickly, thank you."

Huo Lingyue hummed, and said, "The prince of Huai'an should not dare to trouble you again in the future."

She wanted to say something more, something like "you can call me if you have any questions in the future", but after a moment of hesitation, she swallowed more words.

Her intuition suddenly told her that there was no need to say so much to Zhou Yunshen.

Forget it.

Huo Lingyue fell into an inexplicable emotion, Li Feng came over, patted her on the shoulder, and said in a stiff tone: "You are not allowed to take such risks again in the future!"

"This? Aren't you here?" Huo Lingyue tapped on the broken dream on her waist: "And I've already prepared, don't worry."

Ning Zhuguang and the others also expressed their concerns one after another, and Huo Lingyue comforted them. Amidst the chatter, she suddenly thought, if only Chen Menghe were here? It would be fine.

In the past, when she was still very ignorant about many things, it was Chen Menghe who enlightened her.

Chen Menghe must be able to understand the sadness in her heart just now.

After all, Zhou Zhenchen knew about this matter.

What happened in Ziwei Palace was like happening under Zhou Zhenyan's nose, how could he not know.Huo Lingyue's words were intended to coax the prince of Huai'an.

In the archery test that afternoon, Li Feng still won the first place with the best results. He never slacked in his usual practice, because he knew that the emperor was not going to fight for two years, but after two years, he was going to fight. It's time for battle.

Unexpectedly, Huo Lingyue did not perform well. She shot three empty arrows, and then sat aside, crossing her legs and watching the rest of the students' tests.

When it was Zhou Yunshen's turn, Huo Lingyue paid special attention to it. The first five arrows hit the bull's-eye, while the last five arrows all missed.

Huo Lingyue: ...This pretense is too careless.

She didn't really pay attention to how Zhou Yunshen got his grades before, but she could guess that he was hiding his strength. However, seeing how foolish he was hiding, others were more willing to believe that the five arrows in front of him were good luck.

People are always willing to attribute other people's success to luck and their own success to hard work.

What the little uncle told her, the latter sentence is that people are more willing to regard the failure of others as lack of ability, and regard their own failure as luck.

Huo Lingyue rubbed her forehead and saw the people in front of her kneeling in a row.

His Majesty has come.

Zhou Zhenzhen checked the students' grades as usual, and then came to Huo Lingyue, saw her squatting there with a pale face, and asked, "Are you uncomfortable?"

Huo Lingyue rubbed her belly and knelt down to salute him.

Chang Zhong Zhang hurriedly pulled Huo Lingyue up, feeling that her hands were a little cold.

Zhou Zhenxie took Huo Lingyue and left again, followed by the mighty imperial guards behind them.

Prince Huai'an looked at their backs with fear and worry, and various disturbing thoughts echoed in his mind.

"Will she tell His Majesty?" Prince Huai'an asked softly, his voice almost trembling.

"Perhaps His Majesty already knows." Huai'an Princess said coldly.

If he felt scared, why did he do it in the first place? Princess Huai'an really doesn't understand his elder brother.

As Princess Huai'an said, Zhou Zhenzhen had already received the news. He only had a few words with Huo Lingyue before he knew what Huo Lingyue was thinking, and the two reached a consensus.

He saw that Huo Lingyue's face was really bad, so he sent her back to Huo's mansion to rest.

Sitting in the carriage, Huo Lingyue finally couldn't help arching her waist to cover her painful abdomen, and saw a little red blood on her skirt.

The author has something to say:

Xiaoyue has grown up.