Chapter 716: A desperate attempt
Lu Ping responded and asked two clerks to carry a large map stretched out on a cloth. He said, "Your Highness, please take a look first. I will record it as I go."
Lian Xinbao couldn't help but praise him: "You are so smart, this is the most intuitive way."
Lu Ping laughed hastily and said, "Your Highness, thank you for your compliment. Please come in, Your Highness."
Everyone walked forward slowly.
Hao Huashi asked: "How do you water the plants here?"
Lu Ping pointed back and said, "There was originally a well over there, and later another well was dug over there, both of them have plenty of water. There is also a river less than a mile away, and we can also draw water from the river for irrigation."
Hao Huashi nodded: "Oh!"
Xinbao has already squatted down and is looking at the soil.
The soil here is pretty good, it's loam. The clay in it can retain water and fertilizer, and the sand is breathable and drains well. It's one of the best agricultural soils, and most root plants and flower and leaf plants can be grown there.
For example, ginseng, astragalus, polygonum multiflorum, angelica... and mugwort, wormwood, white peony root, lily...
Because the terrain is flat, the soil quality, light and other aspects are almost the same, and the things that can be grown are also similar.
Xinbao scratched his face with his little hand, undecided: "What do you think, should we plant something difficult or something easy?"
Yuan Shenjue said: "Don't worry about the difficulty. Just think about the Imperial Pharmacy and grow some things that the Imperial Pharmacy needs now or in the future."
Oh yes!
Xinbao immediately understood his goal and said, "My wife is so smart!"
Yuan Shenjue was completely oblivious to the people around him. He just squatted down and received a kiss... and when Tuanzi kissed him, he did not forget to lift up his mask.
The two clerks saw this and were a little surprised. Lu Ping lowered his eyes respectfully, as if he didn't see anything.
Then Tuanzi began to instruct: "You divide the herb garden, and make this piece into a greenhouse, and leave the other piece alone. Whether it is inside or outside the greenhouse, it must be separated... Plant Codonopsis pilosula in this piece!"
Lu Ping said, "Your Highness, can we go to that tree?"
Xinbao took a few steps back, then ran a few steps further, and did some calculations in his head: "It's OK."
Then everyone continued to move forward.
Two hundred acres is a pretty big place, and Xinbao didn't plan to walk all of it. She stopped when she got tired, and Yanke took out a stool for her to sit on. Xinbao drank a few sips of water, then waved: "Shall we look at the map?"
Lu Ping smiled and said, "Yes."
Two clerks hurriedly brought the map over. Xinbao leaned over it to take a look and found that the map was very detailed. Some small landmarks, such as the tree and the well, were already marked.
Xinbao pointed at the map and said to him, "You can plant Polygonum multiflorum here. Generally speaking, the row spacing of Polygonum multiflorum is about ten inches, so you can calculate based on this and find a more suitable range..."
Lu Ping nodded repeatedly, tapped the place where Xinbao's finger was pointing with a pen, and quickly wrote it down on paper.
It was much easier to talk about it with a map, and Xinbao finished explaining it in a short while.
Then Lu Ping asked: "What preparations should we make?"
Xinbao was about to speak when Yuan Shenjue said, "It's noon, let's eat first."
They brought a cook with them, who had set out earlier than them and had already arrived at the medicine garden. By now, they had prepared a table of dishes, and although it was said to be a simple meal, it was actually quite sumptuous.
Because Xinbao had lost a tooth, he did not eat with Lu Ping and others, and everyone ate on their own.
Xinbao came out and told them what preparations they needed to make.
Just use the seeds in the space and pour them out when you get the chance.
If there are people who need to raise seedlings, Xinbao is prepared to let them do the raising of seedlings so that they can learn the whole process.
Moreover, Xinbao was not going to come over and spread the soil, that is to say, she would only use the seeds in the space without using her planting ability. In this way, the seeds should be able to survive, but they would not grow too fast, and these farmers would also learn something.
Because many medicinal herbs cannot be grown in this era, not even Xue Xuanji knows how to grow them, and although Bai Gusheng was taught by Xinbao, he is not good at teaching.
So Xinbao was really busy for a while, running here every day to teach these people how to operate.
Amidst the busyness, the time for the imperial examination soon arrived.
The imperial examinations were held on February 9th, 12th and 15th.
Because of what happened before, everyone was paying close attention.
One is to pay attention to Chen Jingtao, and the other is to pay attention to His Royal Highness the Grandson.
It wasn't long before Chen Jingtao's name was called out.
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Many people didn't recognize this idiot, so they looked at him, and saw a middle-aged, short and fat man walking in with his chin held high.
Everyone: “Tsk!!”
In fact, at first, Chen Jingtao really didn't want to take the exam.
This person, when he is full of passion, dares to do anything, but when he calms down, his rationality returns and he starts to feel afraid.
Anyway, the more he thought about it, the more scared he became, especially when there were people outside cursing from time to time and people guarding him day and night, which made him even more scared.
Besides, he's not stupid.
Although he would be ridiculed anyway, he would definitely be ridiculed even more severely if he failed even the imperial examination.
But if you don't take the exam, at least you can still find an excuse.
But the servants around him kept persuading him that it was better to mind his own business, and since he had agreed to take the exam, he should go for it… They also advised him that his talent was real, and he might come across a good question that happened to be one he was good at, and he might get a good rank in the exam.
What happened before that was actually his true nature!! And everyone knew that he had offended the emperor, but the emperor would not deal with him openly, so he didn't have to be afraid at all...
You know, Chen Jingtao has always had a very high opinion of himself, otherwise he wouldn't have been so arrogant as to think that the emperor's grandson was an obstacle to his way. So, the more the servants said, the more he felt they were right!
Because he had offended the royal family, it was too conspicuous, so even the chief examiner did not dare to reject his paper openly! !
What if he could become a blockbuster?
The previous commotion was actually a perfect self-protection strategy!! It couldn't be worse, so he should just fight to the death!!
So when he came, he was even very proud.
Only after everyone entered did Yan Shirong follow the examiner in.
As the grandson of the emperor, he certainly did not need to be searched. However, as the fourth place in the imperial examination, he had to show his seat number. He sat very close to the front, facing the chief examiner, and there were countless people's eyes behind him, so he could not even think of cheating.
In fact, Chen Jingtao had never seen the emperor's grandson. He was of low rank and was in the Western language field, so he only took a few secret glances and felt very contemptuous in his heart.
It's just a child! ! He hasn't even grown all his hair yet, how many books can he read? Little Siyuan and the like are just people carrying a sedan chair! !
Just like now, even if he sits in the front, what does it matter? As the grandson of the emperor, he probably already knows what questions to draft. He can find a few Hanlin scholars to write them and revise them after repeated revisions. Of course, he can get the first place! ! Who knows, when all the candidates arrived and the Imperial Academy was locked, the chief officer Xu Shenxiu slowly walked out of the court and said, "There was some controversy in this joint examination before, so we discussed and revised the way of setting questions."
The candidates were slightly surprised.
(End of this chapter)