farming in ancient times

Seeing Fangzheng and Ren Yuan's distressed faces, the emperor said, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this car?"

"No!" Fangzheng and Ren Yuan knelt on the ground with a "plop" as they said, "Please forgive the general, Your Majesty!"

The prince on the side was dumbfounded, "What are you two talking about? The general found out that the car had meritorious service, how could he forgive him?"

Seeing that the two of them were silent again, the emperor took the letter from the crown prince and read it from beginning to end. The question came up, "Where did the general find the columbine?"

Fangzheng said sorry to his master in his heart, "Report to Your Majesty, the general found the cart in Wangjia Village, Guanjiang Town." After a pause, "There is also a kind of curved plow. When the villain came, the general told the villain, if The people below did not present the curved plow to His Majesty, and asked the villain to present the curved plow to His Majesty." After speaking, Fangzheng lowered his head, took out a stack of papers from his pocket and raised his hands above his head.

The emperor took the blueprint in Fangzheng's hand with his own hands, and scolded the people below, "Why did the general only say in the letter that the car was discovered by chance?"

"Your Majesty, please forgive the general's crime of deception!" Ren Yuan kowtowed to the emperor. They stabbed Wang Xiaoer out because they were afraid that the emperor would pursue him in the future, and hoped that the general would understand their intentions.

"Okay, you two stand up and talk!" When the emperor saw that their foreheads were swollen, he couldn't help but sigh that Fangzheng and Ren Yuan were too sincere, and they started pleading guilty without saying anything. What kind of slave does a master have.

"Just now you repeatedly asked Father to forgive the general, what did the general do?" Seeing that his father was only looking at the drawings, the prince asked.

"Return to Your Highness, the person who made the cart and the curved plow is the same person." Fangzheng spoke cautiously, for fear that the general would tear him apart.

"A person?!" The emperor shook his hand holding the blueprint, "A farmer?"

"Yes!" Fangzheng knelt down again, "It's Wang Xiaoer from Wangjia Village, and also the general's new friend."

"Cough..." The prince choked on his own saliva just as he was about to speak, "General, the general's friend? General Pingdi actually has a friend? Or a farmer?!"

"No way?" The emperor was also shocked when he thought about the general's virtue that no one likes, "Who is this Wang Xiaoer?"

Upon hearing this, Fangzheng secretly sighed, it's broken.The general didn't allow them to reveal Xiao Er because he was afraid that the emperor would ask such a question. Now, the two of them just kept doing nothing and sold his general as well.

"The general said that Wang Xiaoer was just a dutiful farmer. He was afraid that Xiaoer would get into His Majesty's eyes because of this, so he kept this matter in the dark. Please forgive the general's crime of deceiving the king!" Ren Yuan knelt on his knees after finishing speaking. land.

"Okay. You two are scared, and I didn't say I want to see this Wang Xiaoer." However, he secretly remembered Wang Xiaoer.

Seeing Ren Yuan's different legs kneeling with difficulty, the emperor covered his face with his hands to cover the corners of his twitching mouth, "Then you should tell me how Wang Xiaoer made the curved plow and columbine cart?"

"Return to Your Majesty, Wang Xiaoer's family is poor." As he said that, the county magistrate of Guanjiang Town went down to check on the spring plowing, and Xiaoer explained in detail how he exchanged a curved plow for money, but they deliberately missed Xiaoer That petty temper.

When the emperor heard that Xiao Er was a good young man who worked hard to manage his family, and was also a good friend of his general, who was over eighteen years old and still unmarried, he said, "How much money does Wang Xiaoer want to exchange for the car?"

"Wang Xiaoer made a curved plow, and the county magistrate rewarded Xiaoer with a calf. The general knew that the columbine cart was of great significance to us ordinary people, so he didn't say how much money he would exchange for Xiaoer."

"What does the general mean to say that I will decide how much money?" the emperor asked with a half-smile.

Seeing the smirk on his father's face, the prince thought that it was not easy for him to be a small farmer and he had a big family to support, so he said, "Father, how about a hundred gold?"

"Tsk, my prince is a rich man." The emperor turned his head, glared at his talkative son, and then said, "Fangzheng, Ren Yuan, do you think I should give Wang Xiao two hundred gold?"

"Your Majesty alone is the master!" If you don't want to give it to the emperor, we dare not even ask for a gold.

The emperor took a deep look at the two, and turned to face the prince with a serious expression, "Prince, do you know that the annual income of the people's family is only one tael of silver, and this hundred gold is a windfall for them! "

"Father, listen to Fangzheng's words. This Wang Xiaoer is a diligent and thrifty family man. He thinks about buying cattle to open up more wasteland. My son feels that a hundred gold in Wang Xiaoer's second hand will instantly turn into a thousand acres of fertile land!" The prince vowed. said.

The emperor glanced at the crown prince, then at Fangzheng and Ren Yuan, whose expressions remained unchanged, "Based on what you know about Wang Xiaoer, is it possible for the crown prince's guess to become true?"

"Return to Your Majesty, [-]%!" Fangzheng said seriously.

"Okay, you guys go back." Saying that, the emperor asked the waiter to fetch gold for the two, and then announced the audience of the farming officials.The spring seed is imminent, and the emperor is not allowed to linger.

At the same time, Xiaoer looked at the pouring rain outside, and asked worriedly, "Butcher, will my house leak?"

"I thought you should worry about whether the rice seeds you just planted would be washed away by the heavy rain." Butcher Gao said with a smile.

"No, I put a layer of rice straw on it." Xiaoer said and looked into the stove beside him, "What are you and grandpa doing sitting in the stove?" Leave him and the butcher together. How embarrassing it is to stay alone in the East Wing.

Butcher Gao would not say that Da Lang kindly asked him to cultivate a relationship with Xiao Er, so he said, "Who knows. By the way, after the rain, we can sow seeds."

"No, my dry land needs to be plowed again." Xiaoer shook his head.

"But your cattle can't be used." As Butcher Gao paused, Xiao Er had bought another plow earlier and put it in his pork shop, "I'll go to the county magistrate and ask him to quickly get the curved plow In each village, let’s go to the village chief’s house to rent a cow.”

The former Xiaoer had no choice but to ask Butcher Gao to come forward to rent the cattle later, but Xiaoer didn't want Butcher Gao to pay for his family anymore.If he didn't know Gao Butcher's feelings for him, Xiaoer could hold his conscience and help the local tyrant spend money.

"No, I'll go to the village head uncle." Xiaoer paused, "Even if the plow is done, if the county magistrate doesn't receive the columbine cart from above, my family can't sow seeds."

Butcher Gao thought the same thing, plowed the field hastily, and it would be difficult to sow seeds after turning back to the ground.

Therefore, when the heavy rain stopped, everyone in Wangjia Village went to the ground, and the door of Xiaoer's family was closed tightly.

The Zheng Feng family next door knocked on the door of the Wang family with doubts.It was Wang Han who opened the door, and Zheng Feng opened his mouth and asked, "His sister-in-law, why don't you come down to take a look at your house?"

"It's too wet in the ground. Let's wait for the sun to come out to cool the ground." Embarrassment flashed in Wang Hanshi's eyes, and people who had never lied were a little uncomfortable facing acquaintances.

Zheng Fengshi was so focused on looking in the field that he didn't notice that Wang Hanshi was different from before.Because of Xiao Er's marriage, Zheng Feng felt a little uncomfortable seeing Xiao Er now, and was afraid that he would run into Xiao Er soon, so he said, "Okay, I'm leaving."

As soon as she left, Wang Hanshi closed the door and asked, "Xiao Er, when will the family be able to sow seeds? If my father asks, I don't know what to say."

"You don't need to say, if your father asks you, tell him to ask me." Old Duan walked out with his hands behind his back, "Just don't blame grandpa for not telling your father that you can grow two crops of rice a year."

"Grandpa, you also know what kind of people my two elder brothers are. If you let them know, people from all over the world will say that our family is crazy." If there are two crops of rice, her natal family will be able to grow one crop of rice next year.

"Sister-in-law, it's good if you can think like this. If you are afraid that people will catch you these days and ask why your family doesn't sow seeds, you can keep them at home." Xiaoer came out with a basket on his back, "I'll Take a look at the edge of the mountain."

"Did you dare to go up the mountain after it rained?" Da Lang frowned, "Let me stay at home honestly." Da Lang held something that looked like a fishing net in his hand, and took Xiao Shan out.

"Grandpa, I'll go with Xiao Er." Butcher Gao interjected at the right time.

"Okay, you guys go." The old man Duan was worried about Xiao Er, but he was still at ease about the prudent butcher.

If Xiaoer knew that grandpa thought of him so much, it wouldn't be as simple as Butcher Baigao at first glance, and he would secretly kick him anyway.

Butcher Gao and Xiaoer walked to the foot of the mountain. Seeing that Xiaoer wanted to go up, Butcher Gao reached out and grabbed him, "What are you going to do?"

"I'll see if there are any good things on the mountain." For example, wood ear mushrooms and the like.Although the weather is still a bit cold, Xiaoer still wants to go up to try his luck.

After coming to another world for so long, Xiao Er has gradually figured out the living customs of the people here.Because the place is mountainous and far away from the Central Plains, the transportation is inconvenient, and most of the communication with the outside world depends on ships. What can and cannot be eaten here is mostly figured out by the local people.

It's also why he found out that shepherd's purse and bamboo shoots are edible. The sister-in-law just said that he was very smart, so she could accept it calmly.

The rain stopped in the middle of the night, butcher Gao thought he was a little girl, so he dared not let him go up the mountain, "The road on the mountain is slippery, if you want to go up, I will go with you in a few days."

"What if I insist on going?" Xiao Er asked, squinting at Butcher Gao.

"Then I'll carry you home." As he said that, Butcher Gao made a gesture to carry Xiaoer up.

Xiaoer's heart skipped a beat, he gave Butcher Gao a hard look, and wandered along the side of the mountain barefoot.While walking, Xiao Er suddenly stopped, and Butcher Gao nervously took a step forward, "What's wrong?"

"What is that?" Xiao Er asked, pointing to the fungus on the stone in front of him.

"I don't know." Butcher Gao took a closer look and saw Xiao Er staring at some green things on the stone, something flashed in his head, "Xiao Er, you don't think you can eat these things, do you?"

"I think it looks like fungus on a tree."

"That's not fungus either," said Butcher Gao.

"What if I insist on picking it up?" There are too many lice and I am not afraid of itchiness. Seeing that Butcher Gao has never asked himself why he knows so many things, he is too lazy to find a reason to fool Butcher Gao.

"Then don't rely on me." He can take care of the seedlings with Xiaoer, but the high-quality butcher doesn't dare to help Xiaoer.It's okay if the cheapskate really knows that the food can be eaten, but if he doesn't know...

"Butcher, do you still want to marry me?" Little Er's bright eyes rolled, and Butcher Gao choked.