"Grandpa, Grandpa, that foreigner is having a drinking contest with that Mr. Wang who came later. Let's cook a few more dishes to serve them some wine. I think that foreigner definitely can't outdrink Mr. Wang. He'll be drunk and unconscious in no time. Once he's drunk, he can't possibly take our rice anymore, can he?"
Yun Duo happily returned to the kitchen and spoke to Yun Dazheng, who was helping Yun Qishi tend the fire.
To be honest, she really regretted it.
There's a saying, isn't there?
You only realize how little you know when you need it. If she had learned more about this back then, she would have known whether Xiao Jiu and the others' so-called 'high-yield pseudo-hybrid rice' could be kept for seed.
Unfortunately, she didn't know this, nor did she dare to take the risk. If she could become a seed donor, but the Americans got their hands on it, she would truly hate herself.
So at this moment, Yunduo was actually being a bit 'naive'. Naively hoping that James would get drunk quickly and stop eyeing their rice fields.
Unlike Yun Duo's 'optimism', Yun Dazheng was still worried. He sighed when he heard Yun Duo's words and finally said, "What's the point of getting drunk? Unless you drink yourself to death, no matter how much you drink or how drunk you get, you'll eventually sober up, won't you?"
Yun Duo smiled at Yun Dazheng and said, "But then, he won't be able to stop us from selling the seeds to others. Or, we could hand them over to the state?"
"Hand it over to the state?" Yun Dazheng was a little confused and subconsciously repeated Yun Duo's words.
“That’s right!” Yun Duo suddenly felt her thoughts were clearer. She leaned closer to Yun Dazheng and whispered, “Grandpa, look, that later Young Master Wang, isn’t he the son of a high-ranking official in our Xichuan Province? I think it’s mostly because Uncle County Magistrate spread the news of our family’s bumper rice harvest, which attracted the attention of the higher-ups, so the province sent Young Master Wang down…”
Yun Dazheng's tightly furrowed brows relaxed slightly, but he still hesitated: "But, judging from the tone of their voices just now, that Young Master Wang shouldn't be someone who works for the government..."
"Maybe he's just holding a temporary post? After all, he's the son of a high-ranking official, with such a powerful background. It shouldn't be difficult for him to get a temporary post in a government department, right?" Yun Duo was a little uncertain.
She still had many doubts about this so-called government in this world.
It seems like only some terminology has changed, and it's been given the guise of a new policy, but in reality, many things still follow the old rules.
It's just a change in name only, nothing new.
Yun Dazheng shook his head again and said, "Even if it's just a nominal position, so what? Even high-ranking officials can't directly target American people all the time. Those foreign devils have special privileges in our country. It's troublesome."
"Besides... logically speaking, if the provincial government really values this and sends someone down, shouldn't it be one or two people with real power who can get things done? Sending a rich kid instead..."
Yun Dazheng felt that this matter was really hard to say.
That young master Wang was clearly playing games with James, trying to stall him, which was tantamount to helping them. But... even if he was helping them, it just wouldn't work. With his lazy, irresponsible attitude, what could he possibly accomplish?
Yun Dazheng simply couldn't 'deceive himself' and pin his hopes on that young master Wang.
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