Changning County.

Wu Deyong found Liu Cong and told him that his father's death had been avenged and the officials who murdered his father had been brought to justice.

At the same time, he also told him that the emperor, in recognition of his father's loyalty, allowed Liu Cong to study at the Imperial Academy so that he could continue to serve the court in the future.

The court also arranged a house and servants for Liu Cong in the capital, so that he could live in peace in the capital in the future.

Liu Cong did not immediately agree to go to the capital, but instead found Zhang Hujun.

"Master, I want to take Gouzi, Mingying and the others to the capital. Can you let them go?"

Zhang Hujun said: "My eldest sister told you that you can leave at any time. It's no problem if you want to take them away."

Liu Cong bowed to Zhang Hujun and said, "Thank you, sir. Your family are all good people. When I have the ability in the future, I will repay you."

Zhang Hujun said: "No need to thank me, you all support yourselves. When do you plan to leave?"

"Just for a few days."

Zhang Hujun said, "Why don't you wait for a while and go with my second brother later. He will also go to the capital to send wine to my eldest sister."

"Okay, then I'll trouble you, Second Master." Liu Cong agreed immediately. It would definitely be safer to follow the adults.

"I'll have someone pay you your wages later."

When Zhang Xinyao left, she handed over all the accounts of the money deposited with her to Zhang Hujun.

Over the past year or so, the children have had little to spend money on, and they have saved all their wages.

Liu Cong refused, "Master, we don't want our wages. If it weren't for Madam Zhang's shelter, we might not be alive. Madam Zhang takes care of our food and clothing, which is enough. We can't ask for wages anymore."

"No way, you must take the wages, otherwise I won't be able to explain to my eldest sister.

Besides, you guys need to eat and drink when you go to the capital, and you brought Gouzi and the others with you, are you going to let them starve after they go to the capital?"

Liu Cong took a deep breath and bowed again to express his gratitude, "Thank you, Master!"

In the end, Liu Cong collected their wages. If it was just him, it would be fine. But after Gou Zi and the others went to the capital, he really had to find a way to support them.

…

The capital returned to peace, and Zhang Hulan lived the life of going to work and going home every day like in her previous life. She drank tea in the village during the day and went home to spend time with her children at night.

Zhang Hulan and Ye Hongyun’s restaurant has also opened and is doing extremely good business.

In addition to hot pot, other dishes are also available, including grilled fish, pickled fish, and various grilled skewers.

Zhang Xinyao and Zhang Xinyi studied in the morning, and learned accounting from the owner of the restaurant in the afternoon and evening.

Zhang Xiaojun, Zhang Xiaobing and Shanzi read every day, and Zhang Hulan also hired a teacher to tutor Zhang Xinyao and Zhang Xinyi at home.

At the end of June, Zhang Hulan started to get busy.

The rice has begun to bloom, and they are going to start cultivating hybrid rice.

In addition to Zhang Hulan, Qin Bingrong and some other relevant personnel who are specifically responsible for grain seed breeding technology are also in the village.

Zhang Hulan wore a straw hat and rolled up his trouser legs to go to the fields. Xie Bangwen and Xie Xiaoman hurriedly said, "Sir, just tell us what needs to be done, and we will do it."

Zhang Hulan said, "I'd better come in person. If we don't do a good job, we will have worked in vain this year. It will be a waste of a year."

Seeing Zhang Hulan going to the fields herself, Qin Bingrong and others followed her.

Zhang Hulan found varieties with higher yields and less diseases and pests to cultivate, and also cultivated varieties with higher yields and drought tolerance. In short, the advantages of the two varieties complement each other.

During pollination, the stamens of the mother plant should be removed, and then the pollinated mother plant should be covered with a paper bag to prevent other pollen from invading and interfering, thus ensuring the purity of the seeds.

Zhang Hulan also specifically asked people to look for sterile plants without stamens in the fields, which would make seed cultivation much easier.

Stamens and pistils are easy to distinguish. Stamens are longer than pistils. Stamens extend out of the husk, while pistils are at the bottom of the husk and have different shapes.

Zhang Hulan personally led people to work in the fields. It was a meticulous job. At the end of the day, her back and waist ached and her eyes were sore.

After working for almost ten days, a lot of rice in the fields were covered with paper bags. Each bag was numbered, which made it easier to sort the seeds when they were harvested.

Qin Bingrong asked, "Zhang Tunjian, are these bags going to be worn all the time or will they be taken off later?"

Zhang Hulan said: "If you want to take it off, it will be fine in about ten days."

"What are Zhang's chances of success this time?"

Zhang Hulan shook his head, "I don't know either, I can't guarantee this.

We have to wait until this year’s seeds are harvested and planted next year to know the results.”

Xie Bangwen said: "Master Qin, even if the hybrid rice is not successful, the yield in our village this year is much higher than in the past."

Qin Bingrong pointed at the ducks in the field and said, "It's probably because of these ducks."

After planting the seedlings, Zhang Hulan asked the village to buy a lot of ducklings and put them in the fields.

Xie Bangwen replied: "Yes. With these ducks, there are fewer insect pests in the fields, and the duck manure can also fertilize the fields.

Look at the rice in our fields, the leaves are all green. In the past, the leaves of the rice turned yellow in the early stages.

We don’t have to wait for the rice to mature, we can see now that the yield will not be low.”

Qin Bingrong nodded, "Indeed, it looks like the growth is better than the rice we planted before.

This method can be emulated by other villages, which will not only increase grain production, but also increase income from ducks and duck eggs."

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A few days after finishing the hybrid rice pollination work, Xiang Chunhua came to Beijing.

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