After the guards cleared the thorns, Li Xian and Wang Ping'an followed the path to the top of the slope. Li Xian looked into the distance and said with a smile, "The view from this place is quite good. We can have a panoramic view of Linyuan County."

Gao Zairen smiled and said, "As long as Your Highness likes it, this place is all red sandstone with only a little loose soil on the surface. Apart from growing thorns, there is no way to grow anything. It is just right for Your Majesty to build a house."

Red sandstone is between soil and stone. If you call it soil, it is in blocks; if you call it stone, it collapses easily.

Wang Pingan kicked the red sandstone particles under his feet and said with a smile: "In fact, this kind of place can also be used to grow crops, but it will take more effort when it is first opened up. If you don't mind the trouble, you can dig some holes in the ground and plant trees."

Li Xian looked at Gao Zairen with a half-smile, and Gao Zairen immediately explained: "In the past, there were indeed students from Yuzhou Department who reclaimed wasteland and planted crops such as wheat and vegetables, and they did have a harvest.

Later, some businessmen bought land from students in Yuzhou and planted sugarcane. However, the sugarcane they planted tasted salty. Even the output of brown sugar sent to the sugar factory was 20% to 30% lower. Within two years, this place was abandoned again.

After all, sugarcane is more profitable when farming here, and grains and vegetables are fine if they are small, but if they are too large, they can’t be sold at a good price.”

Li Xian sighed, "I didn't expect there are so many tricks to farming?"

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Wang Pingan looked around and agreed, "We can also plant some fruit trees. Linyuan County's climate is suitable for growing all the fruits in the south. There is a stream next to it, so there will be no shortage of water. After we build a large reservoir on the mountain behind us, we can use water power."

After entering the city, some people had a good rest for a night in the place arranged by Gao Zai Ren. In the next few days, Li Xian and Wang Ping'an worked together to plan the place.

Fang Zhao looked at the two people who were also slumped on the sofa, and said dissatisfiedly: "You guys just say it's easy, but there are hundreds of official documents issued every day. Is this pressure so easy to bear?

Wang Ping'an shook his head and said with a smile, "Of course we don't need to make paper here, but newspapers have to be printed here, so we need a lot of manpower. Once there are more people, the mill will always be needed, and we can also use water power to pull clothes."

Afterwards, the two of them handed all matters over to Zhang San and Li Si, and boarded a ship to Lingnan, intending to visit Wang Zhen and Wu You, and to see how things were developing in Hong Kong.

For your generation, it should naturally be earlier, after all, the conditions are better than the previous generation.

"Agriculture is the foundation of the country, and more funds should be allocated to them."

"Ping An is right. We have a tradition of young people serving in Yuzhou. Your master made great achievements when he first arrived in Yuzhou at the age of sixteen. At that time, he was surrounded by fierce enemies and had few people around him. Just imagine how difficult it was. Your master's generation also started to travel around the world at the age of twelve or thirteen, and had many students at the age of fifteen or sixteen.

It took Li Xian and Wang Ping'an just over two days to reach Bao'an City by sailing down the Lingqu Canal.

Li Xian asked in surprise: "Can sugarcane be salty?"

Looking at Fang Zhao slumped on the sofa with a look of despair on his face, Wang Ping'an couldn't help but laugh.

"Sir, I don't really want to go out, but my mistress wants to go out. I'm left alone at the Grand Steward's Mansion, and I'm so busy that I'm exhausted every day. I feel like I'm shouldering a heavy burden that I shouldn't be shouldering at my age."

Li Si said, "I heard from the owner before that the land should be classified into acid and alkaline, and there are also problems with the fertilizer. For example, if the old wall mud is too fertile, the sugarcane grown will become salty."

"That's true." Li Xian nodded, and after taking another look at the surrounding terrain, he smiled and said, "Let's go back first. We'll come back tomorrow to make a plan."

Li Xian nodded and continued, "Since we can grow vegetables here, we can open up some vegetable fields in the future. Not only can we save some money, but it will also be more convenient. At least we can make fewer trips to the county town to buy vegetables."

Wang Ping'an nodded and explained, "Sugarcane is not sweet when grown on all lands. Not only sugarcane, but also winter melons grown in some places are not that sweet."

Your master once said that life is like a pot of food. The stronger the fire burns, the greater the pressure in the pot will be, and the food will naturally cook faster. If a person is under greater pressure, he will also mature faster.

After arriving at the Grand Administrator's Mansion, I learned that Wang Zhen and Wu You went to the South China Sea, Fang Zhao stayed in the Grand Administrator's Mansion, and Zhang Gou was in Hong Kong.

Your master's goal is the sea and the stars. If we, his disciples, don't work hard, we can expect the sea, but we can forget about the stars."

The three young boys are about the same age, but Wang Ping'an and Li Xian are Fang Zho's elders, and Li Xian is Fang Zho's cousin in terms of blood.

"Your master uncle started managing the farm on his own when he was over eight years old. When he returned to the imperial farm at the age of eleven, he began to handle various government affairs. When he was twelve years old, your master let him handle it on his own."

Li Xian frowned and asked, "Why do you want to use water power? Do you still want to make paper here? That smells bad."

“There are many ways to do that.”

You know, every official document is related to the lives of many people. If there is a slight mistake, I don’t know how to explain it when you come back.”

Li Xian smiled and said, "How can there be so many problems for you? We have so many government cases in Yuzhou. Basically, what is happening now has precedents to follow. Basically, there is nothing wrong if you follow them.

Besides, each document has basically been decided in the secretarial department, you just need to follow their advice. Now that you have your husband to support you, it is a good time for you to adapt to government affairs, so don't take advantage of it."

Yuzhou is not short of talents. The general managers like Wang Zhen have a secretariat to help them handle government affairs. Their intelligence is similar to that of Wu You's staff, but their scale is not as large as Wu You's staff.

"Let's not talk about this for now. Hurry up and bring me some good food and wine. After I'm full, I have to go to Hong Kong."