The Jing Ke incident has come to an end, and Zhao Jun is about to start going out on business every day.
But before that...
"What, Mirror, are you kidding me? My contribution value is negative 19. Explain to me what's going on. Why is it decreasing instead of increasing? Have I done something unethical again?"
Zhao Jun felt very confused and irritable. She felt that she had been cheated again.
"Hey, don't get excited yet. It's like this. Your original points were minus ten, right? Then you asked me to open another world connection here, right? So that deducted another ten points. It should have been minus twenty, but your bread and stir-fry still contributed, so it became minus nineteen."
"I should thank you for your kindness, right? But the contribution of bread and stir-fry is only worth one point?"
"Yes, this matter hasn't helped many people yet. At most, it has improved the food for you and the people in the palace."
"Okay." Zhao Jun pursed his lips sullenly.
"But don't worry. Once the corn is planted, its contribution will be huge," said the mirror with a hint of flattery.
"Alright, that's all we can do. For now, I have to go. I made an appointment with Taicang Ling to go to the western suburbs today."
Zhao Jun packed up casually and asked someone to move a few bags of seeds out of the palace gate. He saw a row of tall and mighty soldiers standing outside the palace gate and an old man who looked a little weak in official uniform.
"This must be Ms. Zhao. I am Wang Deng, the magistrate of Taicang in Xianyang. The king has sent me to assist Ms. Zhao. I will do whatever she tells me to do." The old man was the first to bow.
Then a leading soldier from the nearby army came out and saluted her briefly, "Madam Shi An, I am the captain Xuan Yang."
Zhao Jun looked at the soldiers standing in a row and felt more confident. With so many helpers, he was not worried about not being able to farm.
"Greetings, the king has asked me to come here this time mainly to cultivate high-yield crops. I believe that grain production is very important to our Qin State, so I hope you can listen to my instructions and cheer up."
"yes."
The two men had received news in advance, so naturally they did not dare to underestimate the seemingly weak woman in front of them.
The group quietly walked towards the western suburbs and arrived at the destination in about an hour.
Zhao Jun took a look at the large piece of land. This was where she would work temporarily.
Zhao Jun walked down to the field and grabbed a handful of dry soil. It seemed okay for the time being, but he still had to find a way to add some fertilizer to the field.
She turned to the Taicang Commander and said, "You should have experience in farming. First, command the soldiers to cultivate the land and turn it over. Then, dig small holes every foot."
"Captain Xuan, Wang Taicang will teach you how to till the soil later. You need to turn the soil as soon as possible before you can start farming."
After Zhao Jun finished speaking, the people around him quickly took action. Wang Taicang knew that they would be involved in farming, so he brought a lot of shovels, which were barely enough. The people in the fields were busy, and Zhao Jun walked around while watching.
The efficiency of turning the soil with a shovel is really slow. If we want to promote it on a large scale in the future, it would be better to develop a plow. Even a simple version that is pushed by hand is better than the current one.
After Wang Taicang taught them, he walked up to her side, just as Zhao Jun had something to ask him.
"Is there a river nearby?" Corn still needs to be watered in the later stages. If there is no river nearby, I don't know where to get water.
"Yes, there's a stream about three kilometers away, so you don't have to worry about watering it."
"That's good. By the way, after they finish turning over that piece of land, have them change direction and turn over the piece to the east as well. They only need to turn over half of the current area."
Zhao Jun hasn't forgotten her tomatoes, so it's best not to plant the two crops too close to each other.
"Okay, do you want to plant something else over there?" Taicang asked with a hunched back.
"Yes, a little bit. We'll know when the seeds are grown."
Zhao Jun raised his hand to block the scorching midday sun above his head.
"When we get back, we'll have to find people to build a few sheds here to provide shade at noon, and we'll have to send people to guard it at night."
"Yes, I'll find someone to do it when I get back."
After walking around for a while, Zhao Jun sat down in an open space, not caring whether this was indecent or not.
The empty land, the soldiers working hard in the fields, the occasional breeze, and the exceptionally clear, deep blue sky—this refreshing feeling makes people nostalgic, as if they were back to the carefree life of their childhood.
It turns out that sowing and harvesting are the most reassuring things.
Time passed quietly. The soldiers who were farming not far away were already sweating profusely. Wang Taicang asked someone to fetch a few buckets of water, which finally made them feel a little better.
Zhao Jun looked at the sun and felt that it was almost time. Sure enough, after a while, someone came from the east.
It's someone from the kitchen.
When Zhao Jun went out in the morning, he said hello to Manager Ai and asked someone to send some bread and fried vegetables over at noon.
Now Manager Ai has mastered various cooking functions and the dishes he makes are no worse than hers.
"You're here. Today is the first day and it's still too simple here. Let's have someone build a tent tomorrow so we can have a place to eat and rest. We might be here for a few months."
Zhao Jun greeted the people who delivered the food and temporarily put the things on a stone on the side. She looked at the four buckets that were delivered, which contained bowls, chopsticks, bread, and stir-fried dishes, and even a bucket of mung bean soup.
Zhao Jun was pleasantly surprised that the kitchen was well done.
Wang Deng and Xuan Yang were already feeling hungry, especially Xuan Yang. They were doing physical labor, but as soldiers, they had to endure the lack of food. Just when everyone thought they would definitely go hungry today, the people Zhao Jun called arrived.
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