Chapter 40: Farmer Xu Yi
"Hey, hey, hey—what are you thinking about!" Ling Yin half-hung on Zou Heng, "Help me sit over there."
Zou Heng glanced at him dimly and shook off his hand, "You should behave yourself recently!"
Ling Yin stumbled a few steps, holding onto a nearby tree branch to steady himself. He was about to curse, but when he thought of Zou Heng's ability, he swallowed his curse words and smiled flatteringly, "Brother Zou, do you think I've had any more bad luck recently?"
"Burn your book first. If you want to live a good life, quit masturbating first."
"Ah——" Ling Yin wailed to the sky.
The students around laughed out loud.
Ling Yin looked at the students who laughed at him, his face sullen, and said with disdain, "Is it funny? Haven't you seen it? Aren't you lecherous? I hate pretentious people like you the most."
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Zou Heng, who had already witnessed Ling Yin's fighting ability, moved away.
Ling Yin was not only unruly, but also very good at talking. He never lost an argument with anyone. The only time he met the Queen Mother was when she caught him red-handed. Otherwise, no one could make him suffer so easily.
The others had probably suffered greatly from this, so they left quietly without arguing with him.
Of course, it is also possible that they simply don't want to break up with Ling Yin.
Ling Yin rubbed his knees and muttered, "Why do you think the Queen Mother asked me to write a story for her? Could it be that she has a crush on me?"
Zou Heng's expression was hard to describe. Some people like to seek death, and it's really impossible to stop them.
"Brother Zou, Brother Zou, don't go! Aren't you the best at judging people? Otherwise, why don't you analyze with me what the Queen Mother wants to do!"
Zou Heng stopped and frowned, saying, "I forgot to add one sentence just now. You'd better shut your mouth first."
The incident of Marquis Changxin happened not long ago. If anyone dares to seduce the Queen Mother again, the King of Qin will probably kill his entire family.
Ling Yin shut up in grievance.
Alas! No one was willing to help him, so Ling Yin had to figure it out on his own. He was really good at writing stories, but he just couldn't figure out what kind of story the Queen Mother wanted to read.
Thinking of the empress dowager's past, his eyes rolled and his thoughts suddenly flooded his mind.
Zhao Yuanxi didn't know that her first fan fiction was about to be born, and she was taking Xu Yi to her vegetable garden.
The two talked to each other along the way.
Although Zhao Yuanxi knew a lot about agriculture, many of his ideas were often too advanced and not applicable to the current Qin State.
Although Xu Yi is young, he has been engaged in agricultural work for more than ten years and his practical ability is obviously much richer than Zhao Yuanxi.
The two of them started out chatting casually, but later they met each other and felt that they had met too late.
"This is where I conduct my experiments. Mr. Xu Yi, since you studied under a farmer, do you have any ideas about seed selection and breeding?"
All common crops today have undergone a long process of domestication by humans. However, in ancient times when genetic technology and cell technology had not yet been developed, the breeding process was particularly long.
Zhao Yuanxi was unable to use modern technology for breeding and could only adopt the most traditional hybrid breeding method.
"Only with good seeds can the harvest be improved. I just don't know what the Queen Mother plans to cultivate?" Xu Yi now admires the Queen Mother very much. If the Queen Mother had not been unwilling to accept disciples, he would have become her disciple.
Zhao Yuanxi opened one of the cloth bags in front of him and said, "How about planting these beans?"
The staple foods commonly eaten in the Guanzhong area of Qin State were millet, wheat, and beans. Millet was supplied to the nobles, and wheat could only be promoted in the northern region. Only beans were suitable for planting in both the south and the north.
Soybeans have more uses than other staple foods. In addition to being a staple food, they can also be used to make various soy products, used as meals and dishes, and can also be used to extract oil. The by-products of oil extraction can also be used as high-quality animal feed.
More importantly, the seven countries all have very complete technology for growing beans. As long as the good varieties are promoted, the grain production of this land can be rapidly increased.
Zhao Yuanxi briefly explained the method of hybrid breeding to Xu Yi, and Xu Yi was deeply shocked.
"This is a very difficult undertaking, but it is ours alone to undertake. If we can cultivate a superior seed, I will recommend you to the king and appoint you as the Grand Minister."
Xu Yi was almost moved to tears, not only because of the future that the Queen Mother promised him, but more importantly, he foresaw what a precious experience he would have.
This is knowledge that transcends this era and will definitely benefit him greatly.
By the time Xu Yi returned to the courtyard where the students lived, it was already dark.
Everyone else was very curious about why the Queen Mother called him over, and when they saw him coming back with a pile of books, they couldn't help but come forward to ask.
"Xu Yi, what did you bring back?" Zhang Cang asked curiously.
They had seen books written on paper in the past two days, but had never seen one this thick.
"The farming method that the Empress Dowager gave me!" Xu Yi smiled foolishly and directly spread out the book for them to see. Zhang Cang and the others knew the words in it, but they really didn't know what they meant specifically.
However, knowing that it is just a farming method, most people are not interested.
They don’t need to farm, so what’s the point of learning these?
Only Zhang Cang and Zou Heng stayed.
Zhang Cang was obsessed with the sample statistics method, while Zou Heng was curious about what the so-called genetic traits were.
Everything in the universe has its own laws of operation. Zou Heng is very interested in the changing of seasons and the operation of yin and yang, but rarely pays attention to the changes in plants.
I never thought that the transformation process of these tiny things could be so wonderful.
"Brother Xu, I wonder if I can do research with you?"
Among the fifteen people, those from the Confucian and Legalist schools were all busy, Ling Yin was still busy writing stories for the Queen Mother, but he had nothing to do.
Finally, something that interested him came up, and he didn't want to miss it.
Xu Yi was eager for someone to help him, so he readily agreed.
Zhang Cang was itching to learn the algorithms in the book. When he heard Zou Heng's words, he immediately said, "Although I am not good at farming, I am good at calculations. If you need anything, Brother Xu can come to me."
"Great kindness!"
When Ying Zheng received the letter from Yongcheng, he couldn't help but smile.
He knew that the daring man had a way to deal with those Confucian disciples, but unfortunately Chunyu Yue's fighting ability was too low. Not only did he fail to cause any harm to that person, he also fainted from anger.
Ying Zheng was happy but also somewhat dissatisfied. Those Confucian scholars would criticize him without hesitation, but why couldn't he bear a few scoldings from her?
In response to this, Ying Zheng explained that he was too kind!
Seeing the Confucian scholars being tricked into writing books, Ying Zheng nodded in agreement. It was indeed very appropriate to let those Confucian scholars who talked about benevolence, righteousness and morality write books. However, when he saw that the Legalist disciples he had his eyes on were also arranged to write books -
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Ying Zheng cursed inwardly: "What a bunch of idiots!"
However, Ying Zheng was not interested in the enlightenment books that the Confucians were going to write, but he was interested in the popular science books on law that the Legalists were going to write.
The Qin Law is indeed complicated, and even for him, it is not easy to memorize the entire text.
The purpose of legislation is to establish rules, not to punish the people. If it can really let everyone know what to do and what not to do, it will indeed be a good thing for the country and the people.
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