Everyone fell silent, no longer as nonchalant as they had been when they first arrived.
Young students gave up the promising path of imperial examinations and chose agriculture, which had an unpredictable future. Isn't it because they were concerned about the country and the people?
Along the way, some people were confused, some gave up halfway, and only a few of them persisted with their passion!
Now the old lady has given them a chance to make achievements! If they don't fight now, when will they fight?
In the following days, with one person willing to teach and a group of people willing to learn, such a harmonious scene appeared in the fields!
Qiao Xin patiently taught them how to choose branches, how to dig furrows, how to graft cuttings for the best survival, how to fertilize and water...
In addition to students from the college, the learning team also included veteran craftsmen transferred from the association. At first, they scoffed at the method mentioned by Qiao Xin.
After all, I have been growing tea trees all my life. Isn’t I more knowledgeable than Qiao Xin, a layman?
But half a month later, the tea tree branches that the Qiao family had grafted not only did not die, but instead showed signs of vitality. Even in late autumn, the leaves of the tea seedlings were still fresh and tender, and their emerald green color was eye-catching.
Even someone who doesn’t know much can see that the tea seedlings are alive!
The new method worked. All they had to do was lay some thatch to ensure the seedlings survived the winter, and they would be completely successful!
It’s done, we really did it!" The students rushed to tell each other and cried with joy!
Who could know how much pressure they have been under during this period? They dared not even close their eyes when they slept, for fear that these young seedlings would die halfway if they were not careful.
Although the old lady told them not to be afraid and to try boldly, those were things built with real money, so how could they not be afraid of failure?
It was not until this moment that these students understood why Qiao Xin was no longer in Laohu Town, and why the story of Qiao Xin was still circulating among the people of Laohu Town.
After the craftsmen from Anhua County passed the news to the master's family, President Meng's concubine was so frightened that she put on her shoes and ran out of the house.
Before I even walked out of the door, I met Cheng Keshang and others who were running towards me!
Everyone present had sent craftsmen to the Qiao family!
"President, have you heard?"
"I heard about it!" President Meng tried hard to keep a straight face and was very frugal with his words. He was afraid that if he said a few more words, he would start dancing and celebrating like this group of young people!
Everyone looked at each other, and then said in unison: "Why don't we go and take a look!"
"Yes, let's go and have a look!"........
When President Meng and others stood at the edge of the endless experimental field, looking at the lush tea seedlings in front of them, they were filled with shock. He rubbed his eyes in disbelief, wondering if he was seeing things.
How can there be so many seedlings? There are at least 10,000 plants in this acre of land? The dozens of acres of land in front of me are all green tea seedlings. At this rate, the old lady may be able to build your 20,000-acre tea garden in three to five years!
Chairman Meng squatted down and carefully observed their leaves and roots. He found that all the branches that survived had only one leaf, and new buds had already sprouted on the two-finger-long branches.
He couldn't help but reach out to pull one out to see what the root system was like, but was stopped by Shunzi, who was quick-eyed and quick-handed.
"No, President Meng doesn't want to pull them out. It's not easy for each one of them to survive. I really can't bear to toss them!"
President Meng withdrew his hand, but he was not angry. He sighed, "This is really amazing! This method can save a lot of trouble! Manager Qiao, I wonder if we can have the honor to learn this skill?"
"All the craftsmen who came to help have learned it, haven't they? When the old lady was teaching those kids, she never avoided them. As for how much they can learn, it depends on their ability!"
Shunzi gave him a meaningful look and said, "But the old lady also said that it's better not to publicize it for the time being. We can just communicate and learn among ourselves!"
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While the big families in Anhua County were waiting to see Qiao Xin's joke, Qiao Xin led a group of people into the mountains, building roads and bridges across rivers. He was so busy that he didn't know what day it was!
When County Magistrate Wu went up the mountain again, it was already the end of the year.
Qiao Xin was quite surprised to hear Magistrate Wu asking for a meeting in the middle of the night. Didn't they just meet three days ago to discuss the progress of the new county town?
When Magistrate Wu saw Qiao Xin, he said excitedly, "Madam, let's fight, let's fight!"
Qiao Xin was confused and asked, "Why are you fighting without a reason?"
Magistrate Wu was so frightened in the middle of winter that he broke out in a cold sweat!
"It's Chizhou Lu'an County, which is just across the river from us!"
"Isn't that Nanliang? Why did they start fighting?"
Chizhou and Yuncheng are across the river from each other. They belonged to the same place a hundred years ago, and were later governed by Nanliang and Dajing respectively.
If the brick tea produced in Anhua County is considered a coarse tea, then the melon tea produced in Lu'an today is a high-end green tea, the kind specially supplied to the royal family of Southern Liang!
The famous Lu'an Guapian is a special type of green tea, and even in the future all the teas in the world are unique.
Lu'an Guapian is the only tea without buds or stems, made from a single raw leaf. Removing the buds not only keeps the tea in a single shape, but also removes the grassy taste; the stems have become lignified during the production process, and after being removed, it ensures that the tea is strong but not bitter, fragrant but not astringent.
Qiao Xin was once a loyal fan of Lu'an Guapian and collected a lot of Lu'an tea.
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