Chapter 75 Then You Have to Farm (ask for monthly ticket)
A trick never has to be old, as long as it works.
Zhao Yuanxi met Chunyu Yue's questioning look and gave a very sincere smile.
Chunyu Yue was speechless. Even if he knew the Queen Mother was trying to trick him, so what? The things the Queen Mother gave him were not fake, and she really wanted to do these things.
A gentleman will die for his confidant, and the Queen Mother was already a confidant to him.
Chunyu Yue's eyes were so pure that Zhao Yuanxi felt a little embarrassed.
Although this guy is a bit pedantic, he is really easy to coax, even easier than dealing with those two kids.
I don't know where these two kids, Fusu and Ziying, learned this from, but they are becoming more and more cunning. Fortunately, they are still young, so it is easy to beat them if they are disobedient.
Zhang Liang was disappointed and helpless that his teacher succumbed to the tyranny of Queen Mother Zhao. When he saw her looking at him, he turned his face away and ignored her.
Anyway, if you have the guts, kill him!
Although Zhao Yuanxi admired Zhang Liang very much, he still ruthlessly hammered down on this rebellious teenager, "You, go and farm with me."
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Zhang Liang widened his eyes in disbelief, wondering if he had heard it wrong.
What does farming mean? Is this what he understands as farming?
"Why are you so surprised? Do you know how much food you have eaten these days?"
You little brat, you're eating me out of money. Zhang Liang is still growing, so his appetite is indeed a bit too big.
"Do you really have the nerve to not work and just eat?"
The looks from the people around him made Zhang Liang blush. He argued, "I can give you money!"
"Do you have money?"
He didn't—
After escaping from the post station, all his luggage was gone, and his only valuable sword was taken away by Queen Dowager Zhao.
"That's because you won't let me go back."
Zhao Yuanxi chuckled, "Who made you a fugitive? I won't stop you if you want to get out. Just bet on whether your legs are faster or the King of Qin's Black Armored Guards are faster!"
Seeing his student being pressed by the Queen Mother, Han Fei showed a hint of helplessness on his face and defended him, "Queen Mother, Zhang Liang doesn't know how to farm."
"If you don't know how, you can learn. No one is born knowing how to farm. Could it be that Han Feizi is willing to provide Zhang Liang with his share of food? That's not impossible—"
Zhang Liang's face turned even redder, and his voice faded. "I'm just telling you, there's no need to embarrass the teacher."
Isn’t it just farming? He has hands and feet and a strong body, so there is no reason why he can’t learn it.
A triumphant smile appeared on Zhao Yuanxi's lips. He is still too young!
"Then starting tomorrow, you will follow Xu Yi to Lanting every day at dawn. Whatever he does, you will do."
Faced with the new task entrusted to him by the Queen Mother, Xu Yi accepted it well and even gave Zhang Liang a very friendly smile. No matter what the Queen Mother wanted to do, he would support it with both hands and feet.
Zhang Liang looked at the honest man in front of him and fell silent, with deep confusion in his eyes.
Zhao Yuanxi asked Zhang Liang to farm, but it was not just talk.
The next day, Zhang Liang got up early, his face still showing the tiredness of just waking up.
Seeing him like this, Xu Yi smiled and explained, "Farmers work from sunrise to sunset. Although we don't have to rely on farming to make a living like them, our work still depends on the weather. When the sun rises higher, it will be hotter, and then the work will be more difficult. We can only get up earlier and make the most of our time."
Zhang Liang yawned and nodded to indicate that he understood.
"This is the watermelon field planted by the Queen Mother. The watermelons you eat are produced here. The Queen Mother said that the watermelons are not sweet enough. After she cultivates them for a few more generations, maybe there will be sweeter watermelons to eat." Xu Yi introduced to him.
It was the first time that Zhang Liang saw the land planted by the Queen Mother herself. Although he had heard some rumors about the Queen Mother from other people before, he was still not as shocked as seeing this melon field with his own eyes.
"Why does she want to cultivate these fields?" Zhang Liang was puzzled.
Even men find farming hard, and the empress dowager is so precious, why should she seek hardship like this?
Xu Yi was quite proud and said with great enthusiasm, "That's because the Queen Mother loves the people of this world and can't bear to see them suffer from hunger. Do you see that bean field? That's the Queen Mother's latest experiment. She wants to cultivate a high-quality bean variety. Today we are harvesting the first batch of seeds."
Zhang Liang was slightly stunned. This man was showing too much respect for Queen Mother Zhao! Was the Queen Mother Zhao he was talking about really the Queen Mother Zhao he knew?
When Zhao Yuanxi arrived, Zhang Liang had already followed Xu Yi to collect half an acre of land.
Thanks to Xu Yi's reminder, Zhang Liang did not wear his usual wide-sleeved long robe, but changed into a short brown suit.
Zhao Yuanxi looked at his white arms and legs, and rarely felt a trace of shame for employing child labor.
It’s not that Zhao Yuanxi wanted to torture Zhang Liang, but there was really no suitable position for him in Canglang Pavilion. He had an impulsive personality, and if he annoyed other people, Han Fei would be the one to suffer. So in order to make Han Fei work for her with peace of mind, she had to send Zhang Liang away.
Xu Yi is a generous and straightforward person. Even if there are some conflicts between him and Zhang Liang, a cunning and explosive young man, they will not hold grudges overnight.
Seeing Zhao Yuanxi coming, Xu Yi stepped forward with unconcealed joy, "Empress Dowager, you're here!"
Zhao Yuanxi smiled and nodded, then squatted down to check the growth of the beans.
Xu Yi peeled open the bean pod closest to him, revealing the plump beans inside. "The beans in this field combine the advantages of high yield and disease resistance. The empty pod rate has been greatly reduced, and the disease situation has also improved a lot. According to my humble estimate, this field has increased the yield by at least 30% compared to other fields."
The difference in grain yield between good-quality farmland and inferior farmland is about 50%. Just one good variety can directly increase the yield by 30%, which can be said to be an astonishing improvement. This is just one generation of hybrids.
Zhao Yuanxi couldn't help but feel happy too.
"You've worked hard these days."
Although she participated in the cultivation of the beans, Xu Yi completed a lot of the work himself. If he encountered any problems, he would write them down and wait to ask her the next time he met her.
Zhao Yuanxi saw that he had already changed the fifth notebook he carried with him.
I guess only he himself knows the sweat and tears involved.
Xu Yi lowered his head somewhat embarrassedly, "This is what a humble man should do."
"Don't be modest, you are better than I thought." Zhao Yuanxi said sincerely. If she could have a student like Xu Yi in her original world, she would probably wake up laughing in her dreams.
Xu Yi's eyes were a little red. Many people thought he was not smart. There were many paths he could take, but he chose the path that was the least recognized by the world.
Sometimes he would envy those Confucians and Legalists, envying their ability to speak eloquently and win everyone's admiration, while he himself only knew the humble skill of farming.
Even though he told himself again and again that what he was doing was meaningful, and that many people could harvest more food through their own methods, perhaps fewer people would starve to death when winter came.
But when he wakes up in the middle of the night, he will be confused and doubt whether the path he has taken is correct.
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