Chapter 360 Civil and military officials experience picking cotton!
The second day.
Early in the morning, carriages of important court officials began to leave the city one after another, and the people on duty at the city gate were full of questions.
Today is neither the first nor the fifteenth day of the month, nor is it a special day. Why are so many important people leaving the city?
But what surprised them was yet to come. In addition to the military generals, there were also civil officials.
The person on duty at the city gate was afraid that something had happened, so he quickly reported it to his superior.
The person in charge of the capital's security was the second son of the Jiang family. He immediately dispatched personnel and personally went to the scene to ensure safety.
If he remembered correctly, today was a holiday, and these two people must have something important to do if they chose to leave the city on the same day.
When he saw the Crown Prince's carriage passing by, Mr. Jiang became more certain of his guess.
"You all stay here and guard well. I will escort His Royal Highness the Crown Prince over."
In fact, the Second Young Master Jiang was just curious and wanted to go and see what happened outside the city that attracted so many people, even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
"Sir, you can go without worry. We will guard the city gate well."
So the second son of the Jiang family rode on horseback and followed the prince's carriage to the farm.
Inside the carriage, a palace attendant outside reported, "Your Highness, Lord Jiang has followed your carriage and said he wants to protect your safety."
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was reading a book. After hearing the report from the palace servant outside, he said, "It's okay, just let him follow!"
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The palace maids didn't expect that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would be so easy to talk to today. He seemed to be in a good mood when he got up early in the morning.
And at this moment, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was thinking, "Look, there's one more person working. Sister Zhizhi will definitely be happier when she finds out."
When His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arrived at the farm, almost half of the civil and military officials had arrived.
When everyone saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince getting off the carriage, they hurried forward to salute.
"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
"Everyone, please stand up. Today, everyone is here to experience the world. No need to be polite. Just do your job well."
What the prince meant was that when you go to the fields later, don't show off your power, because everyone is here to work today.
No one expected that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would be so serious. It seems that no matter what, this job must be done today.
"Your Highness, you are here!"
Gu Ting, Gu Jinghuai and the others were dressed in rather casual clothes, which looked very suitable for working in the fields.
"Uncle, are we going to get out of bed now?" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was a little impatient.
"Your Highness, it's a bit early now and there is dew on the ground. Let's go a little later and wait for others." Gu Jinghuai stepped forward and saluted in reply.
"Okay, I'll listen to Master Gu!"
"Your Highness, please go in and rest for a while and have a cup of tea. We will go to the fields together later."
"Okay, please lead the way, Master Gu."
Gu Jinghuai took His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and his entourage to the pavilion for tea.
When they took a sip of the tea, everyone was a little surprised that the tea they drank in Zhuangzi was actually from the teahouse.
"Master Gu, is this the teahouse's signature tea?" Master Li loved tea and liked to go to the teahouse on weekdays, so he tasted it after just one sip.
"Master Li is amazing. This is the teahouse's signature tea. My wife specially sent it here. Thank you for your hard work today."
After Gu Jinghuai finished speaking, he bowed to everyone. He brought up Qin Zhizhi, and everyone's liking for her increased.
"The county lady is so generous!"
"We are so lucky!"
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Normally, a cup of tea like this would cost a lot of money in a teahouse, but today you can drink it as you like.
Everyone felt that this trip to Zhuangzi was well worth it.
When almost everyone had arrived, Mr. Chen demonstrated to everyone how to pick cotton before he felt at ease for everyone to go to the fields.
Before going to the field, Mr. Chen Er still reminded everyone that they could only pick the white ones, never the green ones, and not to break the cotton branches.
These were all planted and maintained by them with great effort, and Mr. Chen was really worried.
Everyone's mouths twitched. Are they such unreliable people? After all, they have all participated in the imperial examinations. If they can't even do such a small thing, how can they contribute to the court?
The civil officials felt that Mr. Chen Er should explain clearly to the military officers that they were strong and could easily damage the fruits if they were not careful.
The military officers thought that they were not afraid of fighting in the battlefield, so how could anything go wrong while picking cotton?
They thought that Mr. Chen should worry more about the civil officials, so that they would not faint before getting out of bed and ruin the cotton.
So the two groups of people, who were unwilling to accept each other and were waiting to see each other laugh at each other, went down to the ground.
Young Master Chen was worried, so in addition to himself, he also asked Gu Ting, Gu Shi, Gu Jinghuai, Qin Qingyuan, Qin Qingyun and others to help watch over the matter.
After all, if the cotton went bad, Qin Zhizhi would be heartbroken.
Naturally, they all agreed readily. Even Old Man Qin and his two brothers went down to watch because they were worried.
As a result, there were still many small accidents. These people had never done these things in their daily lives, and their actual hands-on ability was still lacking.
General Li almost pulled out an entire cotton plant because he used too much force.
Mr. Zhang almost fell in the cotton field.
Lord Sun, your hand was pricked when you picked the first cotton.
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Mr. Chen's heart was trembling with fear, and he quickly taught them again.
This time he didn't dare to go too far. He waited until he saw that they had really learned it before correcting another person.
Only after they all learned it did Mr. Chen go to pick cotton with peace of mind.
"Brother, how did you learn so fast?"
Gu Shi was a little surprised to see that Gu Ting picked the fruits so quickly and well.
"Why is that so difficult? Do you think everyone is as smart as me, your eldest brother?"
Gu Shi felt that his elder brother was plotting against others, but he had no evidence.
"Okay, you should get to work faster. There's so much cotton. Now that we're here, no one can leave until we've picked it all!"
Gu Ting urged Gu Shi to get into the state quickly, after all, it was so soft.
"I understand, big brother. I'll follow you!"
Gu Shi followed his elder brother to pick another bunch of cotton. Although he was not as fast as Gu Ting, he did not make any mistakes.
Knowing that there were important people at the farm today, Qin Zhizhi sent the chef with the ingredients.
Qin Zhizhi didn’t have enough chefs at home, so she borrowed people from several restaurants. Wang’s restaurant had many chefs, so she went with several of them.
Qin Zhizhi asked them to make their signature dishes. She exchanged the necessary ingredients with Wanwan and had them delivered directly to the farm.
The manager was relieved when he saw the chef sent by Qin Zhizhi and the ingredients they delivered.
Zhuangzi was almost going crazy because he suddenly had to entertain so many important people.
The chefs from the Qin and Gu families knew many tricks. Qin Zhizhi exchanged a few sheep with Wanwan and asked them to make roasted whole lamb.
Qin Zhizhi also asked them to prepare other dishes. After all, it was physical work, and they had to ensure that everyone was well fed.
The group picked cotton for half a day and were stunned to see so many delicious foods when they came back.
The signature dishes of each restaurant include roasted whole lamb, crayfish, grilled fish, milk tea...
Everyone instantly felt like they had made a good deal. If they had known the food was so good, they would have been willing to come every day.
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