Then, to Ning Xuan, he said, "Second sister, you are the eldest, so I'll leave this matter to you to take the lead. You can talk to the other sisters. As for how to divide the 30%, you can decide for yourselves."
After thinking for a moment, fearing that Yu Ningxuan might be too embarrassed, he added, "My opinion is that more work should be rewarded. Sister, you should also report to Grandmother. If anything goes wrong, she will take the blame."
Achoo!
The old lady, who was far away at the mansion, suddenly sneezed. The head maid thought that the old lady had caught a cold, so she quickly found a cloak to put on her.
The old lady waved her hand, "It's nothing, it must be Fuguang talking about me!"
Others talking about her won't be so effective.
Yu Ningxuan thought it made sense. With her grandmother keeping an eye on things, even the troublesome Eighth Sister wouldn't dare to cause trouble.
Seeing that a problem had been solved before the people even arrived at the village, Yue Fuguang was pleased.
As for the remaining fruit wine business, all she had to do was grow the fruit and give the recipe to her mother, Zhang Shi; she didn't need to worry about anything else.
So much so that when they got off the carriage and saw the bare hill under the moonlight, they didn't complain about the poor scenery.
Emperor Mingxi and the other officials who came with her also got out of the carriage. Seeing that she was in high spirits, they all smiled and said, "Your Highness, this place is nice, but it's a bit small."
Lord Wang was even more concerned about his old profession and couldn't help but ask, "In such a small place, what does the Junior Tutor plan to plant?"
Before Yue Fuguang could speak, Emperor Mingxi walked over with the Crown Prince and a group of princes and princesses.
Looking up, Yue Fuguang saw that the annoying Xie Laosi was not there.
The group quickly paid their respects, and Emperor Mingxi took an exquisite wooden box from the Crown Prince and handed it to Yue Fuguang, saying, "Fuguang, these are the land deeds for the surrounding plots of land and the two small hills."
Yue Fuguang accepted the gift, expressed her gratitude, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty has allocated such a large area for me; it's certainly possible to build a leisure and entertainment estate."
She originally wanted to suggest a farmhouse inn, but then she thought that was too low-end and not elegant enough. Besides, she didn't want to open it to the public; she just wanted a place for her own leisure and entertainment.
Well, the most important thing is that I have plenty of money!
Just yesterday, Emperor Mingxi found a fabricated reason and sent her more than a dozen large boxes of things, including five boxes of glittering gold.
Emperor Mingxi smiled and said, "That's great! Once the floating palace is built, don't forget to invite me to visit."
"Me too, Young Master, me too!" The Seventh Prince jumped up and down behind his brothers and shouted.
The second prince turned around and pressed his younger brother down, saying, "They're everywhere!"
The seventh prince muttered resentfully, "If I hadn't cried and begged to come, would you have had the chance to come and play?"
The group thought about it and agreed. They had to have their shameless younger brother leading the charge while they, as the older brothers, followed behind and reaped the benefits!
Unlike the Crown Prince and the Junior Tutor, they didn't have a close relationship and could come whether they were with their father or on their own.
Ignoring the conspicuous presence of Seventh Brother, the Eighth Princess stepped forward, took Yue Fuguang's arm, and asked, "Young Master, what would you like to plant here?"
The Eighth Princess was a hidden foodie. Ever since she ate the fruits and vegetables that Yue Fuguang sent to the palace, and the snacks that she brought to school, she couldn't forget them.
She secretly hoped that she could grow more, so that she could buy some from the Junior Tutor.
Looking around, Yue Fuguang pondered for a moment, then pointed to a small mountain in the distance and said, "One mountain is full of flowers, another is full of fruit, and as for the largest one in the middle, we'll build a manor at its foot."
Looking around, he thought, "Besides planting some grains, we can also plant some fruits and vegetables that Da Yan doesn't have, like strawberries, watermelons, and blueberries... Oh, and we also need to plant some tea trees on the mountain."
I almost forgot about this. The ingredients of Dayan's tea are too complicated and there are too many ingredients. She, who is used to drinking plain tea, really can't get used to it.
Moreover, tea leaves can be used for more than just making tea; they have other wonderful uses as well.
[Master, are you trying to improve your quality of life by being self-reliant?]
"If I don't grow them myself, they won't grow on their own either! Look at their cold melons, they're even smaller than Qilin melons, and most importantly, they're not sweet, and the center is still pink."
Adding scallions, ginger, and garlic to tea is bad enough, but adding mutton fat is just too much! Who can stand that?
Hearing Yue Fuguang's complaints, everyone looked embarrassed. But Old Master Wang didn't care about such things. When it came to his area of expertise, he had to ask a few more questions.
"Are the fruits and vegetables that the Grand Tutor mentioned that don't exist in Dayan the ones grown in greenhouses?"
Yue Fuguang shook his head. "That's only part of it. I plan to plant some more. There are more than a dozen varieties of chili peppers alone, as well as radishes and cabbages. Different varieties have different tastes."
After thinking for a moment, he added, "There's also something called beetroot, which can be used to make sugar."
The sweet taste of the Dayan Dynasty was something that many ordinary people might not be able to enjoy many times in their entire lives, mainly because of low productivity and the scarcity of materials that could be used to make sugar, which also made the cost too high.
"Sugar making? Is it the same as sweet potato production?"
"They are different. Sweet potatoes are primarily a staple food, while beets are a vegetable. They can be eaten as a vegetable or their juice can be boiled down to make sugar."
They had never heard of or seen anything like boiling sugar from grains and vegetables before; it was truly a novel crop that the Junior Tutor had brought out.
The group, led by Emperor Mingxi and Yue Fuguang, walked along the crisscrossing country lanes. At each stop, Yue Fuguang explained to the village heads behind him what to plant there.
The group walked and stopped frequently, and Yue Fuguang got a general idea of his hundred acres of land.
As for the more than 1,000 mu of land given to her by Emperor Mingxi, she wouldn't go there; walking all of it would be too tiring, and she couldn't endure that hardship.
She briefly outlined her thoughts on the rest, but it was all just empty talk. Even though she explained it simply, the village leaders roughly knew how to prepare the land and which plots to keep for planting.
What's more, there's also a professional, Old Master Wang. He heard Yue Fuguang mention one vegetable and fruit after another that he had never heard of before, and he clamored to bring people from Hongnong Temple to help Yue Fuguang with her work.
Good heavens! To shout about using public resources for private purposes right in front of the big boss, Mr. Wang is really brave!
This isn't something she could just casually set up in her small greenhouse.
Emperor Mingxi nodded, "Fuguang, if we don't have enough manpower, we can ask people from the imperial estates to help."
After thinking for a moment, Yue Fuguang did not refuse. He just smiled and said, "Okay, I won't give you any reward. I'll give them some seeds or some vegetables and fruits when they grow."
It's better to use it yourself or sell it than to give money directly.
A glint of light flashed in Old Master Wang's eyes, and he instantly understood the Young Master's meaning. Doing this would save him a lot of trouble in the future, since many people of status had contributed money...
Emperor Mingxi was also very pleased, because he wouldn't need to ask Yue Fuguang for seeds anymore; the people on his own imperial estate could earn them for him.
The Crown Prince followed suit, saying he would send people to help. Then the hall was sealed off, and Wu Yuanjing and his son also expressed their willingness to send people to help.
Seeing that they had beaten them to it, Lu Qi and the others no longer held back and went down to the field one after another.
Didn't all these people buy seeds from Grandfather?
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