Chapter 350 The great harvest makes people jealous
It was not easy to check the grain depot of Xirong. Lu Shiyan was busy until midnight before returning.
When he came back, Jiang Tangtang was already asleep.
She was holding a book in her hand, obviously reading, intending to pass the time and wait for Lu Shiyan to come back.
It was just that I was too tired and fell asleep before I finished reading Yi Ye Shu.
Lu Shiyan looked at her peaceful sleeping face and felt a little distressed.
He carefully picked her up and wanted to take her back to bed to sleep, but after only a few steps, Jiang Tangtang opened her eyes sleepily.
She glanced at Lu Shiyan without saying anything, but just moved her mind and moved the two of them into the space together.
After entering the space, she closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep as if she had accomplished something she had been longing for.
Lu Shiyan looked at her sleeping soundly, smiled helplessly, carried her to the bedroom, and gently put her on the bed.
He originally wanted to put her on the bed and then get some water to wash her body, and then continue to handle official business, but Jiang Tangtang rested her head on his arm and lay on him like a koala.
When he moved, her brows furrowed slightly, revealing a somewhat unhappy expression. Lu Shiyan was worried about waking her up, so in the end he could only quietly serve as a human pillow for her.
Both of them were too tired during this period. Lu Shiyan was thinking about this matter in his mind and fell asleep unknowingly.
They both slept very soundly and slept until dawn before Jiang Tangtang slowly woke up.
Lu Shiyan woke up a little earlier than her, but he was unusually lazy today. He did not get up immediately after waking up. Instead, he hugged Jiang Tangtang and enjoyed this rare quiet time.
When Jiang Tangtang opened her eyes, she saw Lu Shiyan looking at her affectionately.
Jiang Tangtang was still a little dazed after waking up, having forgotten that she had brought the two of them into the space in a daze last night.
She was a little surprised and asked, "When did you come back last night?"
Why didn't she remember when they came in?
"Midnight." Lu Shiyan thought about how she looked when he came back yesterday, and felt that it was too unsafe for her to sleep outside.
Although there are guards outside, it is not impossible for someone with real martial arts skills to avoid the guards and break in.
He regretted making her wait for him last night. "If I come back late next time, you'd better not wait for me."
Jiang Tangtang looked at the smile in the corner of his eyes and knew that although he said that, it was obvious that he was very happy that she was waiting for him.
She snorted, ignoring his duplicity, and asked, "When are we going to Xirong?"
Lu Shiyan said, "Let's talk about it after the news comes back."
Although he had previously arranged people in Xirong to collect intelligence.
However, due to the outbreak of a large-scale plague in Xirong, the people he arranged to go out gradually lost contact.
Jiang Tangtang knew this couldn't be rushed. She adjusted her posture and prepared to get up.
Then she realized belatedly that she was still wearing yesterday's clothes. She raised her hand to touch her face and complained, "You let me go to bed like this last night?"
Although she didn't wear makeup, there was still dust attached to her skin. Not washing your face is very bad for your skin.
Lu Shiyan said innocently: "I wanted to help you wash your face, but you hugged me and wouldn't let me leave."
Jiang Tangtang looked at him suspiciously, unable to imagine that she had fallen asleep and was clinging to him, not letting him leave.
"Really?" Lu Shiyan raised his hand and swore, indicating that he was definitely not lazy. He also promised, "Next time, no matter how hard you try to stop me from leaving, I will wash your face first."
Jiang Tangtang glared at him angrily, "There won't be a next time!"
She grabbed her pajamas and skipped to the bathroom.
Lu Shiyan looked at his back with a smile, got up, washed up, then went downstairs to the kitchen as if he knew the place well and prepared breakfast.
After a simple breakfast, the two of them left the space.
Today is the day to harvest sea rice in Bohai County.
Because the sea rice in Bohai County is planted relatively late, the harvest time is also late.
In fact, if the seeds of sea rice had not come from space and were not more adaptable to the climate than ordinary seeds, the sea rice harvest in Bohai County would have been poor this year.
However, because the seeds have strong adaptability and strong disease resistance, although the sea rice in Bohai County was planted late, the harvest was still good.
Many people who moved from the capital went to the mudflats by the sea to watch the sea rice harvest.
In fact, as early as half a month ago, people began to go to the mudflats on the beach to see the sea rice.
Some people even looked at the heavy ears of rice and couldn't help but pick them up secretly, put them in their pockets, and then went home to cook and eat.
Those who stole the sea rice and took it home to eat called it "immortal rice," saying it was the best rice they had ever tasted. Many speculated that the rice contained seeds that Jiang Tangtang had taken from the Heavenly Palace.
Although these people have high praise for sea rice, they have upset the farmers who grow sea rice.
Looking at the heavy rice, wouldn’t they be greedy and want to pick some to take home and cook?
But for the sake of the reward, no matter how greedy they were, they were reluctant to damage the rice that was not yet fully ripe.
But they worked so hard to grow rice, but it was stolen by outsiders. How could they not be angry?
Jiang Tangtang was also angry and sent a large number of soldiers to serve as patrols. They patrolled the mudflats day and night, and caught those who stole rice and sent them to the mine to perform labor.
After the patrol soldiers caught several groups of people and sent them to the mine to perform labor, no one dared to steal rice anymore.
No matter how envious these people who come to the seaside are, they dare not buy it. They just ask around to find out where they can buy sea rice.
So the sea rice was harvested and the price had already been driven up to sky-high prices.
But Jiang Tangtang does not plan to sell this sea rice.
In addition to giving a ten-kilogram reward to each farmer who planted sea rice, just like Lingnan did, the rest was all put into the national treasury.
The bumper harvest of sea rice in Bohai County made people from all sides jealous.
After two years of drought, locust plagues, and other disasters, almost no country or big family could have such a good harvest as Bohai County.
When they went to see the mysterious Lingnan through Bohai County, they felt that there was probably even more food in Lingnan.
As a result, this batch of rice was targeted by many parties.
Xirong, who had just sent a letter to Lu Shiyan asking for medicine, immediately thought about this batch of food.
The Western Rong people were sharpening their knives, wanting to rob food, and small countries like the Rouran also wanted to get a piece of the pie.
Even Zhou Ye's sons, while busy escaping for their lives, were coveting the bountiful rice harvest in Bohai County.
Jiang Tangtang also understood that in times of famine, the most precious thing is food.
After noticing the bumper harvest in Bohai County, which made various forces jealous, Jiang Tangtang and Lu Shiyan went to the national treasury in a very low-key manner one night and transferred all the grain to the space.
The treasury, which was originally filled with grain, was filled with sandbags.
The groups of people who had been keeping a close eye on the national treasury had no idea that the grain in the warehouse had already been replaced.
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