Chapter 276 Passing by Zhounan Village
"Madam, do you think this is the wild rice you are looking for?" Yuan San carefully presented a wooden box.
There were a few grains of something that looked like rice in it. They were picked by people looking for wild rice from the wild rice-like grass in the muddy field by the sea.
Because Jiang Tangtang said that if they could find wild rice grown in saline-alkali land, they would be able to alleviate the famine crisis.
For these few grains of rice, everyone valued them more than their own lives. After they found them, they carefully packed them in a wooden box and sent them over without stopping.
Jiang Tangtang carefully observed the seeds in the wooden box. The peeled rice grains looked a bit like sea rice, with a reddish-brown color. However, they were smaller than the sea rice she had seen in her previous life, only about one-third the size.
She wasn't sure if she had found the wrong one.
However, it cannot be ruled out that this is wild sea rice. After all, the sea rice she had seen in her previous life was all cultivated by hybrid rice breeding experts, and it was from a different time and space, separated by thousands of years, so it is possible that it is different from what she had seen before.
Jiang Tangtang decided to go and see for herself. "Who discovered it? Are there other wild seedlings?"
"Xiao Xian and his men discovered it in a bay near Yazhou."
Yuan San already knew who discovered it and how it was discovered, and now he told Jiang Tangtang in detail.
"I wonder if Madam still remembers that gang of assassins? Xiao Xian was their leader. Last year when we went looking for tea trees, he was also at the forefront. This time, after hearing that we were looking for wild rice, he took the initiative to find me and asked me to lead the team to find wild rice. The people he led were very hardworking. They went out to search before dawn and did not rest under the scorching sun."
If the wild rice that the lady is looking for is really found, then this master from the inner palace named Xiao Xian might be the first one to be promoted to the lady's side and used.
Jiang Tangtang frowned slightly, "Have you discovered that they are secretly sending information to the Great Zhou?"
Yuan San shook his head. "Nothing has been found yet. I heard from the people who were monitoring him that Xiao Xian actually had several opportunities to escape from Lingnan with his men, but he never did."
Jiang Tangtang nodded and put the matter aside for the time being. "Go arrange the carriages and horses. I'll pack up and we'll set off for Yazhou at night after dinner."
The long drought made the weather dry and hot. Traveling at night was actually easier than during the day.
"Yes!" Yuan San accepted the order and left. Jiang Tangtang did not pack up her things after returning home, but closed the door and entered the space.
Yuan San handed in more than ten seeds in total, some of which did not grow well, and some had their shells peeled off. Only two were plump and complete and could be used as seeds.
She carefully soaked the two seeds in spiritual spring water and planted them in the ground, praying silently in her heart that this was wild sea rice.
I also hope that the spiritual spring will continue to be effective and these two seeds will be planted.
Nowadays, all official roads in Lingnan have been built. In addition, the horses that pull Jiang Tangtang's carriage have been eating the spiritual herbs and beans in the space for a long time, so they are very smart and can walk steadily even when traveling at night.
At dawn, the group arrived at Yazhou.
Yuan San came over and asked, "Madam, this place is close to Zhounan Village. Would you like to go over there and rest for a while?"
Jiang Tangtang had caught up on some sleep in the carriage last night and didn't feel tired. But she glanced at the guards accompanying her, all of whom showed signs of fatigue, and said, "Let's turn at the next intersection and rest at the farm first. We'll have breakfast and then continue on our journey!"
The carriage turned and headed towards Zhounan Village.
A month ago, when passing by Zhounan Village, Jiang Tangtang came back specially. In order to prevent some precious flowers and herbs from drying up, she poured some spiritual spring water into the pond in the village.
When I took Lili out to water the flowers, herbs and other plants in the evening, I also watered the crops on the farm.
In addition, there are several large ponds in the village. Thanks to the water from the ponds, the crops in Zhounan Village grow slightly better than those elsewhere.
When Jiang Tangtang saw the villagers harvesting corn, he got off the carriage and went to see the harvest in the fields.
"Madam!" Seeing Jiang Tangtang, the villagers all showed joyful expressions.
"How's the harvest?" Jiang Tangtang turned her head to look at the corn the villagers were harvesting.
"It's not as good as last year, but the neighboring farms are much better," the villagers said, all expressing their gratitude. "Thanks to the wife's invention of the wheelbarrow, we can use it to push the crops and water them, so we didn't have a complete crop failure this year."
In addition to the carts designed and promoted by Jiang Tangtang, we must also thank the Lu family for repairing the roads in the village so well that carts can go to many places.
Several families in other villages also jointly bought a wheelbarrow, but the roads in other villages were not like their Zhounan Village, where the roads were as smooth as pipes. Wheelbarrows could not go to many places, which affected the watering of crops.
But thinking about the decreasing amount of water in the pond, the villagers couldn't help but sigh.
At the beginning, they used wheelbarrows to water the crops in the fields, but now no one is willing to use water from the pond to water the crops.
After all, the water in the pond is getting less and less, but it doesn't look like it's going to rain that day, so everyone has to save water for drinking.
Thinking about the dwindling water supply, the villagers became depressed, and Jiang Tangtang also felt heavy-hearted.
She walked home in silence, thinking about the water problem as she walked.
She cannot use a large amount of the spiritual spring in her space.
Not only is the spiritual spring different from ordinary water, but more importantly, it is dry everywhere now. If she is not careful and reveals her traces, and someone notices something, she will be putting herself in danger.
We still have to find a way to find a solution from nature.
Jiang Tangtang thought of the sea water again.
Seawater is not drinkable because it contains a lot of salt. She can't desalinate seawater in large quantities like modern technology, but is it possible to convert seawater into fresh water in small quantities?
For example, using the distillation method, water vapor is produced by heating seawater at high temperature?
Jiang Tangtang was thinking about how to heat seawater to collect water vapor, and unknowingly walked back home.
Yuan San had already informed the servants before Jiang Tangtang. As soon as she arrived home, He Qiuniang personally brought water over and said, "Madam, you must be exhausted after such a long journey. Wash your face first."
Jiang Tangtang glanced at the water in the basin and waved her hand, saying, "Don't waste it. I just got out of the car and took a few steps. Give this water to the accompanying guards!"
"But..." He Qiuniang wanted to persuade her, but thinking of Jiang Tangtang's stubborn personality, she could only hand the basin to her sister-in-law behind her and ask her to deliver it to Yuan San and others.
"Time is tight, and the cook only had time to prepare some simple meals. Madam, would you like to eat first, or take a rest?"
Jiang Tangtang's space was full of food, but it was inconvenient to take it out. She naturally wouldn't eat the food He Qiuniang prepared. "I'm tired and don't have much appetite. I won't eat it. You can share it with the guards."
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