Chu Qiuze woke up late the next day and slept until almost noon before he woke up with difficulty.

It’s been a while since I walked as much as I did yesterday, so I’m a little tired.

I stretched my body and reached for the phone on the bedside table. As soon as I unlocked the screen, I saw a flood of messages from Lan Euan.

The first message was sent at six in the morning.

Just two words: Good morning.

After that, I sent a message every ten minutes or so.

He asked if he had woken up, why he hadn't gone over yet, or whether the little bear had pooped again, how much milk he drank, and then he gave a summary of his schedule for the day, even going so far as to mention that he had two bowls of porridge for breakfast.

Chu Qiuze didn't know whether to laugh or cry. His friend Lan, the ancient man, was quite good at using this phone!

At least this WeChat message was pretty good, with a few built-in emojis interspersed in the middle.

Chu Qiuze didn't reply to the message, but made a video call directly.

He hadn't taught Lan'an how to answer the video yesterday, and he didn't know if Lan'an could do it.

Just as I was thinking about it, the video was connected.

It seems like he learned it by himself!

What a smart ancient man, what an excellent blue friend, Chu Qiuze sighed in his heart!

"Good morning, friend Lan!" Chu Qiuze greeted him with a sleepy face and yawned twice.

Lan An placed his cell phone on a small stand on the table, which he had his servants custom-make this morning.

It's like he invented the cell phone holder on his own without any guidance.

He looked at Chu Qiu Ze on the screen with smiles in his eyes. It was really a great feeling to be able to talk to him across thousands of miles and time.

I never dared to imagine that there is such a thing in this world.

With this item, he was no longer afraid of not being able to find Chu Qiu Ze.

"Awake? Were you tired yesterday?"

Chu Qiuze shook his head. "It's okay. I'm not that tired. I'll feel better after a good sleep."

"Do you want to get up now?" Lan An looked at Chu Qiuze on the screen, "Shall we have lunch together?"

Chu Qiuze checked the time and saw that his aunt was about to cook. "Okay, I'll wash up first, and I'll bring the food over later so we can eat together."

"Okay, I'll wait for you." Lan An paused, "This phone reminded me an hour ago that the battery level was less than 20%. Do you want to take it back to charge it?"

Chu Qiuze was stunned for a moment, he had forgotten, "No need, I'll bring you two power banks later."

I got up, washed, and changed my clothes. My aunt had just finished cooking and was getting ready to leave.

Aunt Fan has been in the Chu family for many years. She was chosen by Chu Qiu Ze because she was not talkative. She came from her brother's place to cook for him and clean the house.

But she was a little confused recently. Wasn't the young master's leg completely useless? Why did he stand up suddenly? And she had never seen him go to the hospital for treatment.

Furthermore, there are occasional signs that outsiders have been to the house.

"Aunt Fan, you've worked hard." Chu Qiuze greeted her with a smile, "If there's nothing else, you should go back and have dinner."

Aunt Fan stopped her doubts. It was all the owner's business anyway. The owner's family were very nice and never treated employees like them harshly. They just needed to do their job well.

"It's not hard." Aunt Fan also smiled, "Then young master, hurry up and eat. I'll leave first."

After the aunt left, Chu Qiuze immediately called his brother and said that Aunt Fan seemed to be suspicious of something.

Actually, it doesn't matter now. Aunt Fan has no evidence that there are people of unknown origin in his house. After all, Lan An and Aunt Fan have never met each other. But it is hard to say what will happen in the future.

Calculating the time, my mother-in-law will be freed from the deep palace before the New Year. Whether she stays in this world or not, she will stay here for a while to avoid the limelight.

So, it will be inconvenient then.

After listening to this, Chu Tianze thought about it and decided to change Chu Qiuze's aunt every other week.

They have enough nannies living in their house, and one shift takes two months. Anyway, my brother's job only requires cooking and cleaning, so anyone can do it.

In this way, these aunts won't be too familiar with each other and won't be too suspicious.

As for Aunt Fan, it's not her fault. She doesn't need to be fired, but she should be changed to another job.

Chu Qiuze accepted his brother's arrangement, which was very reasonable.

After hanging up the phone, I turned around and packed my lunch to go meet my friend Lan.

In order to wait for Chu Qiuze, Lan An also did not participate in the hunting today. He stayed in the tent checking information on his mobile phone to see if his previous ideas could be realized.

As a result, he actually found something he could do, and he could do it immediately.

After lunch, Lan An started talking to Chu Qiu Ze about this matter. After all, he knew Chu Qiu Ze's mission, and he had to do his part.

What's more, this itself is a good thing that benefits the people of Dahan.

"If this sewing machine is made, it should be able to free up the hands of many women." Lan An gave Chu Qiu Ze the design drawing he drew based on the information.

This drawing is very detailed. Any craftsman with a brain can basically make it by looking at the drawing.

Chu Qiuze's heart softened. He knew that the reason why Lan An was so active was probably because of him, and these things were something he had never thought about before.

As expected, the Blue Gum Aboriginal people understand the needs of the people better.

"What else? What else have you thought of?" If you want to do it, let's do it together!

"Animal husbandry," Lan An replied. "Ordinary people raise a few chickens and ducks at home. Unless there are special circumstances, they will not be slaughtered for meat. They will be kept for laying eggs. However, the meat sold in butcher shops is not cheap."

This is also the reason why people rarely eat meat.

"Then what should we raise? Chickens and ducks can eat insects, but there aren't that many insects for them to eat. We also have to mix some rice bran and wheat bran into the food."

Even so, no matter how well you raise your chickens and ducks, there are only a few pounds of meat, and the whole family can eat it in two or three meals.

"Let's raise pigs." Chu Qiuze suggested, "There are many people raising pigs over there, and we have them for almost every meal."

Lan Euan had eaten food from that world countless times, so he naturally knew about it. That was why he had always been curious about one question.

Why is the pork in that world not smelly? The pork in Dahan has a strong smell, and the nobles will hardly choose pork except for suckling pigs.

He got answers to all these questions on the Internet today, and sterilized the piglets while they were still young.

Pigs raised in this way are relatively docile and gain weight very easily.

After listening to Lan An's idea, Chu Qiuze raised his thumb and said, "Great, friend Lan, this will solve the problem of people eating meat."

Pork is a good thing. You can slaughter it before the Chinese New Year, eat part of it, and use the rest to make bacon and sausage.

If stored properly, a pig can be fed for half a year or a year without any problems.

But another problem arises.

Lan An was a little hesitant. "Rice bran and wheat bran are both fine for raising pigs, but ordinary people don't have that much rice bran and wheat bran at home."

Moreover, during famine times, people had to eat even rice bran and wheat bran, so how could they be willing to feed it all to pigs?

Chu Qiuze nodded and said, "You can collect some pig grass to feed the pigs. Pigs are omnivorous animals anyway and will eat almost anything."

Lan An added: "I found out there is another food that is similar to potatoes, called sweet potatoes. The roots are sweet and can be used as a staple food or as a dish. The vines growing on the surface are also edible and can even be used to feed pigs."

Anyway, judging from the data, this is how pigs are raised in rural areas of that world.

"Great, friend Lan." Chu Qiuze couldn't help but clap his hands, "The output of these sweet potatoes is not lower than that of potatoes."

Having said that, Chu Qiu Ze did not delay at all. He immediately found different merchants on the food delivery software and bought 100 kilograms of sweet potatoes from each merchant, totaling 1,000 kilograms.

They can be planted in the early spring of next year. It is not a problem to plant sweet potatoes twice a year. The first batch planted can be saved for seeds like potatoes.

By the time the second round of cultivation began, most of the area could be planted.

In this way, Dahan will soon have two kinds of high-yield grains.

Now you really don't have to worry about being hungry.

Before the two of them had time to discuss what to do next, a young eunuch was brought over by the guards.

Lan An recognized him as the eunuch who followed the young prince. "What's the matter?"

"I have seen your Highness." The eunuch knelt down and saluted. "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked me to inform you that Concubine Wu is not feeling well and the imperial physician cannot find out what is wrong with her, so please return to the palace."

See if we can ask some medicine god to go to the palace to treat the disease.

The young eunuch didn't say anything, but Chu Qiuze and Lan An both understood, and they looked at each other.

It seems that my mother is quite quick.

Even though they knew their mother was faking illness, they couldn't delay and had to play out the whole act.

He simply packed his things and left in Chu Qiu Ze's carriage instead of riding a horse. When he returned to the imperial city, he headed straight for the palace.

Originally, driving was not allowed in the palace. Of course, that referred to horse-drawn carriages; flying cars were another matter.

The guards at the palace gate didn't even think about stopping the regent and the idol, and they had a smooth journey all the way until they entered Lan An's mother's palace.

Before the car came to a complete stop, Lan An jumped out and ran straight to the inner room, "Mother."

Concubine Wu was lying on the bed, her face was pale, she was breathing in more than out, and there was a bloodstained handkerchief beside her pillow. Several palace maids had red eyes and were sobbing softly.

This scene made Lan An, who knew the whole truth, shudder.

Concubine Wu was also worried that her son took it seriously, so she blinked twice.

Lan An understood, "Mother, take a good rest. I will definitely ask the imperial physician to cure you."

Outside the bedroom, there were already several imperial doctors arguing about something, seemingly trying to figure out the Dowager Concubine's bizarre illness and how to prescribe medicine.

When the imperial doctors saw Lan An, they immediately stopped arguing and began to kneel down and beg for mercy.

That movement is so skillful that it's heartbreaking!

This was the process. Once a member of the royal family fell ill and could not be cured or the cause of the illness could not be found, these imperial doctors would wisely ask for a detour first, to avoid being beheaded if they really failed to cure the illness.

Lan An was not the type to make things difficult for others. If his mother was really ill, he probably would not get angry. Instead, he would kindly ask them to quickly research the cause of the illness and prescribe a suitable medicine.

Now this is acting, people have to see that Lan An is furious because of his mother's illness.

Chu Qiuze came in later and saw his friend Lan getting mad. He said, "If you can't cure the disease, I'll send you to see the late emperor." He called him a quack and a piece of trash. He just kept saying that.

Several imperial doctors were so frightened that they were trembling with fear and could not even utter a word to beg for mercy.

Chu Qiuze almost couldn't hold back his laughter. It was such a pity that his friend Lan didn't become an actor.

They looked at each other from a distance, communicating information with their eyes.

Chu Qiuze's scene had come, and he hurried to the inner room, "Madam Concubine Dowager, you were fine a few days ago, why did you suddenly fall ill?"

This was said with a crying voice.