Great Qin Shi Empress

Time flies like a white horse, and ten days passed quickly.

Lin Qian estimated the time, and felt that it was time to see how the fermented soil in the palace was doing, so after washing up early in the morning, he went to uncover the hay and took a look.

Ordinary soil will have a sense of compact structure to the touch, but the decomposed soil is much fluffier than the fermented dough. Not only is the inside as soft as if it is full of air, but the surface will instantly become soft when you wipe it with your hands. Smooth, and after fermentation, except for the slight unpleasant smell at the moment when the hay is uncovered, the soil has no smell after the air circulates.

If the decomposed soil is squeezed and kneaded to remove the air, it is not much different from ordinary soil except that the color turns black.

Lin Qian was sure that it was almost the same as the book he read at the beginning, so he asked people to uncover half of the hay, and prepared to use the decomposed soil to breed corn.

Rubbing mud balls is still very simple. Lin Qian remembers that it was written in the book that whenever corn breeding, the villages that use this method of breeding basically have the whole family working together, and each person can carry a small stool. Gather together on a flat surface to make tortillas.

Because it doesn't require much strength or skill, basically anyone who can move can help.

So at this time, people from a village are basically in one place, rubbing mud balls and setting up dragon gate arrays (chatting and bragging). This is also a rare time for farmers to gather and relax all year round.

Lin Qian himself yearned for that kind of picture, so after finding out that the soil had fermented, he was eager to do it.

However, before she could do anything, Ying Zheng found out about it.

Yingzheng paid great attention to the breeding of corn. After hearing the news, he immediately put down his government affairs and came out of the main hall. He went straight to the dirt pile and bent down to observe it. He fiddled with it with a wooden stick from time to time.

Lin Qian knelt aside and looked at Ying Zheng suspiciously.

[It's just ordinary soil, what's so good about it except it's more fertile? 】

Ying Zheng paused, and got up: "It looks more fertile than the soil in the flower garden, and the flowers planted will be more colorful, Madam has made a great contribution!"

Lin Qian's eyes lit up: 【Are you going to give me land again? 】

The corners of Ying Zheng's eyes twitched, and he resolutely ignored the voice from his heart: "Since Madam has provided Daqin with a practical and useful method of composting, I can't let you plant some flowers and have to do it yourself. Come and dispatch..." He Glancing at the size of the mud pile, "Five palace people came to help Madam breed."

Lin Qian didn't get the property she wanted, so she wasn't disappointed——

In other words, if Ying Zheng really gave it according to her wish, she might be terrified instead.

She was just a little bit dissatisfied with Ying Zheng's arrangement: after all, the mound of soil she decomposed and fermented at the beginning was only prepared according to the amount of the first batch of corn she obtained-that is, almost a handful of corn seeds.How much soil does it take to grow so little corn?

According to Lin Qian's estimate, even if she went to battle in person, she would be able to knead all the mud into balls in one morning.

Where do you need five people?

Naturally, she can't go to the battle to rub the mud balls herself.

But Lin Qian didn't dare to argue with Ying Zheng, so he could only stand aside stupidly, watching the servant beside him quickly call five palace servants, and according to her request, he began to rub the mud ball the size of a baby's fist, and rubbed After it is finished, use your thumb to dip the plant ash and press a hole on it.

The five people are all people who are used to doing chores, and they finished rubbing all the mud in about half an hour.

The mud balls are arranged neatly as required, which is pleasing to the eye.

When Yingzheng thought that there would be thousands of catties of grain growing in it, the eyes of these mud balls were more excited than seeing peerless beauties.

He forced himself to be calm: "These five people have made meritorious deeds, and each will be rewarded with a piece of silk cloth!"

The five people were called to help, originally thinking that it would be enough to show their faces in front of His Majesty, but unexpectedly there was an unexpected joy, and immediately kowtowed happily, causing the eyes of the surrounding palace people to glow green, wishing they could do it with body instead.

Ying Zheng didn't care, and waved people back.

Then, he turned his head and looked at Lin Qian, who was a little absent-minded: "Madam, since the preliminary preparations for breeding have been made, should you take out the flower seeds and plant them?"

After tossing and turning for so long, he can finally see his true colors!

Without hesitation, Lin Qian went straight into the side hall and took out the bag of corn seeds that she got from Hua's hand.

Since the number is small, no explanation is needed.

Ying Zheng glanced at the cloth bag in her hand, feeling a little disappointed, but reassured at the thought of the ten mu of land outside Xianyang City.

Lin Qian didn't know what Yingzheng was thinking, so he took out the cloth bag and opened it, revealing the yellow and white corn kernels inside.

It makes sense that corn will be named "Jade" rice——

Even if all the grains that are well-known in later generations are added up, none of them can compare to the smooth and introverted, jade-like corn in terms of appearance alone.

When Ying Zheng saw it, he immediately fell in love with it.

Lin Qian was used to it, and didn't feel much about the appearance of the corn, but she was quite excited when she thought that after this batch of corn was harvested, she would have a bargaining chip to save her life.

She quickly walked to the mud balls, and put two to three corns in each hole in turn, and it was all done in a short while.

There are about a dozen mud balls left.

It doesn't take up much space, so Lin Qian doesn't care——

When no one is paying attention at night, she might be able to quietly put corn in it. The soil made her wait for such a long time, so it shouldn't be wasted.

who knew...

Yingzheng stared at the mud ball thoughtfully: "I remember that you still want to plant this kind of flower on the ten acres of land in the suburbs? Then you should have more flower seeds in your hands? Why don't you take them out and scatter them on the ground?" Among these mud balls?"

Lin Qian was shocked, with a slightly embarrassed expression.

The amount of corn in her hand was so much that she had to think of an excuse to fool her when she took it out, but compared to the potatoes she got later, the amount of corn was already very small.

And the corn in Lin Qian's hand was still unthreshed.

[Do you think I don't want to take it out right away?Isn't this without a very good rhetoric?I originally thought that after threshing the corn, I would just find a place to dig a hole and bury it, and it made sense to dig it out.But isn't that just getting too many potatoes?There is no place to bury it.What if it is taken out casually and burned to death by you as a monster?You ancients are superstitious! 】

Lin Qian glanced at Ying Zheng, 【Especially you, Ying Zheng! 】

Ying Zheng paused, what does "superstition" mean?

Forget it, there will always be a chance to figure out these strange words in Lin Ji's mouth in the future.

Ying Zheng understood her worry, and carefully recalled the background information of "Lin Ji" investigated by his subordinates. He said before Lin Ji: "You said before that this flower seed was an accidental acquisition of yours. I'm afraid it's not entirely true, right?"

Without waiting for Lin Qian to be alert, Ying Zheng added, "I remember that your father also went to other six countries before he was arrested for committing a crime and was taken into the hidden palace, and he saved a lot of money. The flower in your hand If the seeds are inherited from your father, Madam doesn't have to worry about it. After your father was arrested and paid the fine, even if he hid these flower seeds for you, they are legally obtained."

Lin Qian's eyes lit up immediately: The original owner's father had such an experience?

There should be no need for Ying Zheng to lie to her.

Lin Qian confirmed again: "Your Majesty is telling the truth? Even if these flower seeds were left by my father to my concubine, Your Majesty will not confiscate them?"

Yingzheng nodded: "Naturally. It's not just your father's inheritance. As the widow of Zhao's royal family, Lingtang was only implicated when she was arrested, and what she committed later is even more excusable, and she later worked in Xianyang Palace For many years, she has paid for her crimes with her life, and you can take out her inheritance as much as you can, and you don't need to hide it."

The widow of the Zhao royal family?

With such an identity, he must be rich, and it is normal to have a few good things in his hand that others don't have!

Lin Qian stood up immediately: "The concubine immediately went to fetch the flower seeds!"

After finishing speaking, he turned and entered the side hall.

The palace people next to them were stunned and looked at Ying Zheng in panic, fearing that he would anger them because of Lin Qian's rudeness.

But surprisingly, not only was Ying Zheng not angry, but he looked... quite happy?

Without waiting for them to continue observing, Lin Qian trotted out holding a handful of freshly peeled corn kernels, walked directly to the mud ball, and put all the corn kernels into the mud pit.

There are three left over.

Lin Qian was going to harvest it and wait a few days for it to be planted outside the city, but Ying Zheng said, "If these corns are useless for the time being, why don't you give them to the widow for storage?"

Lin Qian was stunned: "All of them?"

Ying Zheng paused, and said with a smile, "If Madam doesn't mind, it's okay."

It was only then that Lin Qian realized that what Ying Zheng was talking about was actually just the few corns in his hands, and he was a little embarrassed for a while.But after thinking about it, it might be a better choice to take advantage of this opportunity to have a clear road with corn.

She smiled and said: "It is definitely safer to put the flower seeds with your majesty than in the place where the concubine is. The concubine doesn't mind. It's just that what the concubine's father left for me was not just flower seeds, but also some other things." Things, if His Majesty doesn't mind, can I wait for the concubine to pack it up and move it to His Majesty's bedroom tomorrow?"

something else?Should it be the "potato" Lin Qian mentioned earlier?

Ying Zheng was too happy, how could he refuse?

If it weren't for Lin Qian's suspicion, he would have wished to immediately give her a promotion, reward her with gold and silver from the land, and offer Lin Ji directly.

After setting up a small tent for the corn with bamboo slices and white silk that is not light and not very breathable, Ying Zheng finally returned to the palace with satisfaction to continue handling government affairs, and Lin Qian hurriedly dragged Lin Wu back to his residence, and immediately started Threshing the corn—

Unthreshed corn didn't look like flowers at all, and she didn't want to be caught.

With less than two hundred corns, the two of them will definitely be able to thresh them all in one day.

but……

Lin Qian suddenly became curious: "Wu Niang, do you know what crime my parents committed?"

Lin Wu, who was originally in high spirits, froze all over, his eyes flickered, and he didn't dare to look at her at all: "I, how would I know something you don't know?"

Lin Qian narrowed her eyes and shouted, "You must know!"

Lin Wu was startled: "Who did you listen to?"

Lin Qian was just asking casually, and didn't care much about the original owner's life experience, but Lin Wu's reaction aroused her curiosity: "With my current status, if someone makes a fuss about my life experience, I myself I don’t know, maybe he will be killed at some point.”

Lin Wu was sweating profusely, and after struggling for a while, out of concern for Lin Qian, he made up his mind and said, "As Your Majesty said, your mother is the wife of a humble royal family in the Zhao Kingdom. , because her residence is on the Qin-Zhao border, she and her child were taken as prisoners of war and taken to the hidden palace."

"Later, you, your father was arrested for murder and was about to be sentenced to death. Before he died, he wanted to keep a queen, and saw your mother was beautiful, so, just... Your mother took advantage of her unpreparedness, and put his... There... it was cut, and he bled to death in the end."

Lin Qian: "!!!"

Lin Wu wiped off his sweat and thought, so Siniang won't be cheated, right?