Chapter 396 "The Enemy"

"Rebirth?"

Xie's heart was in turmoil.

She stared at Gu Youyi in doubt, trying to see through the child's true nature from his appearance.

Was he reborn after death? Or was his body possessed by some wandering ghost?

Xie is not a child and will not be easily fooled by just a few words.

Gu Youyi found that her own mother's eyes were even more terrifying.

She shrank back instinctively.

But soon, Gu Youyi straightened her neck again: What are you afraid of! This is my real mother! My real mother!

He is the person who loves me the most, cares for me the most, and tolerates me the most in this world.

No matter what I become, she will always treat me the same! People who are fearless can regain their composure in the shortest possible time even if they are frightened.

"Mother! Why are you looking at me like that?"

"...I hate eating wheat cakes, but Grandpa said that every meal should be appreciated."

"Also, although my name is Li Nu, I don't like cats because when I was three years old, I was scared by a wild cat that appeared out of nowhere!"

Gu Youyi acted coquettishly and pointed with her fingers while telling the "little secret" between herself and A Niang.

Sure enough, as Gu Youyi spoke one sentence at a time, Xie's expression eased a little.

These are indeed things that only I and my daughter know.

If there really are ghosts, we may not know about them.

Therefore, the person in front of him was undoubtedly his daughter.

But, rebirth——

It was too absurd and bizarre that Xie couldn't believe it easily.

Noticing the change in Xie's eyes, Gu Youyi hurriedly began to talk about some "premonition" -

"It is now the twelfth year of Yuanshou. In the autumn of the thirteenth year of Yuanshou, the Northern Dynasty Emperor Yuwen Quan passed away, and his eldest son Yuwen Cong ascended the throne, with the reign title Zhenxing."

"In the fourth year of Zhenxing, Yuwen Cong promoted General Yuwen Huan to the position of Grand Chancellor."

"Yuwen Huan seized power and wanted to depose Yuwen Cong and establish himself as emperor. Yuwen Song and his son raised an army..."

In her previous life, although Gu Youyi was trapped in the inner house, she didn't like to inquire about what was going on in the court.

But she was a daughter of the Gu family, and she was at the center of power. Many things were simply unavoidable.

Not to mention, my cousin is a genius girl who is so smart that she is almost a demon.

Even if she didn't ask specifically, Gu Youyi had heard a lot about the affairs of the court.

She told Mrs. Xie about these major events one by one.

Xie was first shocked, then horrified, and then secretly delighted—

She could be sure that her daughter was indeed reborn.

Because the changes of emperors and the appointment of the Grand Chancellor were not something that a girl like her could imagine.

She must have experienced all of this, so she can speak clearly and accurately.

"My son has such an adventure!"

Xie hugged Gu Youyi.

Although she has been restraining herself, in her heart, Xie has always wanted to compete with the eldest branch of the family.

The eldest sister-in-law, Mrs. Xiao, was a royal noblewoman, and she was the daughter of the thousand-year-old family, the Xie family.

In terms of family background, Xie felt that she was not inferior to the self-proclaimed aristocratic family Xiao, and even surpassed them.

Xiao married Gu and gave birth to two sons and two daughters with Gu Yi. Xie gave birth to three sons and one daughter.

In terms of the number of children, Xie felt that she should be slightly better than Xiao.

As for the quality of children——

Although Mrs. Xie didn't want to admit it, she had to admit that the four children of the eldest house were all very smart and outstanding.

The only shortcoming was Gu Qing. She was too ugly! His little daughter, Gu Youyi, was much better than Gu Qing, at least not as ugly as her.

But later, Xie discovered that everyone in the Gu family, from the patriarch Gu Heng to the third generation, actually treated Gu Qing with special sympathy and valued him.

As for Gu Qing, apart from his appearance, he is excellent in every other aspect.

She has a great talent for reading.

At a young age, he was known as a child prodigy.

In terms of intelligence and talent, Gu Youyi is no match for Gu Qing! Xie: ...

Although my little daughter is not smart enough and doesn't like to study, she is protected by God.

There is a chance to be reborn after death!

Such a great opportunity can only be had by those with great luck!

Just this one thing can make up for my daughter's dullness.

And Yuwen Heng! He was the future emperor, who unified the north and south, conquered the four barbarians, and became a saintly ruler whose name will go down in history.

Now, my daughter has taken the lead and has developed a childhood sweetheart relationship with Yuwen Heng, so in the future -

Of course, Xie is not a child, she also has a minimum IQ.

She knew that even the same person, experiencing the same event, might change due to certain changes.

In the previous life that my daughter experienced, there must be many reasons why Yuwen Heng was able to succeed.

For example, Gu Qing's assistance and the full support of the entire Gu family.

But, Gu Qing is Gu’s daughter, and so is Li Nu.

In the previous life, Gu Shi was able to support Yu Wenheng for Gu Qing, so in this life, she can also do it for Li Nu! It doesn't make sense that the eldest daughter is a treasure, while her second daughter is just a worn-out shoe.

Xie hugged Gu Youyi tightly, and suddenly an endless sense of heroism arose in her heart.

…

Gu Qingcheng sent a small team to Jiaozhou to look for Champa rice and other wild native rice varieties.

The species in Lingnan are really rich.

In addition to rice seeds, there are other crops.

For example, root plants such as taro can also be eaten as staple food.

There is also sugarcane, which can be used to make sugar.

In an era of shortage of medical care and medicine, sugar could be used as a war supply.

"Sugar cane? Yes! It's sugar cane!"

Gu Qingcheng also mastered the top biotechnology, which made her think of this crop that she had overlooked.

The climate in Lingnan is very suitable for growing sugarcane.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

In this time and space, if people want to get the taste of "sweetness", they mostly do it by squeezing juice from fruits such as honey and sugarcane.

For example, the most popular zhujiang at present is sugarcane juice.

There is only this kind of preliminarily processed "sugar water" without "sugar"! In this era, if you want to make braised pork, there is no sugar.

Gu Qingcheng had so many things to consider in the past that she even forgot about sugar (sugarcane).

Of course, even if Gu Qingcheng did not "invent", after a few decades, the intelligent working people would slowly be able to make sugar.

But that requires a process and is only local.

Gu Qingcheng can’t wait, and the candy is delicious!

It not only enriches people's taste, but also forms an industrial chain and earns huge profits.

Also, here’s a little-known fact about time travel: sugar can also be made into alcohol!

Alcohol is one of the most powerful weapons in ancient times.

Looking through the countless time-travel novels online, no matter whether it is the male or female protagonist, when they travel back to ancient times, they all need to get things like soap, glass, and alcohol.

As for alcohol, the most direct and most commonly used method by time travelers is to distill and purify existing alcoholic beverages.

Gu Qingcheng, an ancient native, said: ... Distilled alcoholic beverages? Ha! What a joke! Don't you know that alcoholic beverages in ancient times were made from grains? In ancient times, grains were more important than anything else!

In order to prevent the powerful and wealthy from wasting grain in order to make wine, many emperors of successive dynasties issued "prohibition orders".

If all the grain is used to make wine, how can the people survive? If the people can't survive, they will naturally rebel!

Therefore, in ancient times, let alone a time traveler, even the real powerful and wealthy could not brew wine whenever they wanted or make alcohol with wine whenever they wanted!

Sugarcane is not a food! In Lingnan, the vast land, sparse population and warm climate are suitable for large-scale sugarcane cultivation.

While Gu Qingcheng continued to urge Doctor Zhang and others to develop medicines, she also sent people to explore the surrounding areas to indicate places to plant sugarcane.

This place is not limited to Luozhou.

After three years of operation, Gu's has established a firm foothold in Luozhou.

It cannot be said that the entire Luozhou has become the Gu family’s base camp, but it is not far off.

The Gu family's influence in Luozhou is increasing, and according to Gu Qingcheng's plan, the Gu family should also expand in the surrounding areas.

Enclosing land and building a sugarcane plantation is just the first step! Gu Qingcheng sent out several teams and began to carry out activities in several surrounding states and counties.

What’s more, there are actually wild sugarcane forests in the mountains of Lingnan.

The location is at the border of Luozhou and Yuezhou! "I'll go take a look too!"

Gu Qingcheng had an idea, and took her female soldiers, selected 200 members of the Gu family, and brought sulfur, mint, etc. to drive away snakes, insects, rats and ants, and headed for the primitive wild sugarcane forest together.

"It is indeed sugarcane!" Or the original seedling.

I just don't know if this untamed seedling is as sweet as real sugarcane! Gu Qingcheng rode his horse around the sugarcane forest, thinking silently.

"Whether it is true or not, you will know it after trying it!"

Gu Qingcheng is a person who possesses top-notch biotechnology and also has the habit of "doing experiments".

She ordered people to cut some sugarcane, and then boiled it according to the "ancient method".

In the dense forest, Gu Qingcheng's troops set up camp.

In the temporary camp, there were fires and big pots.

Boil and boil, stir and stir, boil and boil...

After a series of simple and rough procedures, the sugarcane juice becomes syrup, and then after processes such as coagulation and cooling, the simplest version of brown sugar blocks is obtained.

“This is brown sugar!”

Gu Qingcheng took the brown-red block that didn't look good and smelled it. It really had that "familiar" smell.

Her memories and feelings in the novel world will be erased, but her "common sense" will remain.

And in Gu Qingcheng's "common sense", there is knowledge of brown sugar and white sugar.

After making brown sugar, you can also purify it to get finer and whiter white sugar, or rock sugar.

Gu Qingcheng is also very familiar with the process of purifying brown sugar.

However, this is not Gu's Wu Castle after all. If you want to conduct further "experiments", you still have to go home.

Of course, before leaving, Gu Qingcheng would mark this sugarcane forest with the "Gu family" mark.

The barren mountains and wastelands in the wild are worthless at all. Gu Qingcheng directly sent someone to contact the Yuezhou Governor's Office and bought the huge forest for less than a hundred strings of cash.

but--

Just as the Gu family's soldiers were busy wielding sickles to harvest wild sugarcane, there was a rustling sound in the woods.

Gu Qingcheng instantly became alert. Could there be some wild beast? She immediately ordered to prepare for battle, and all the little female soldiers also picked up their weapons.

Then, a group of young men in ethnic costumes walked out of the jungle, and the leader was a little girl of thirteen or fourteen years old...

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