"Mom, please take some food with you. It's quite a long way. We won't be back by noon, so we'll eat something on the way."
Li Lanzhen and her team are planning to conduct an on-site inspection of Lishu Village today.
Let's take a look at the land situation in Lishu Village. Approximately how much arable land is there, and how many pear trees are on the mountain? What is the taste of the pear fruit?
As soon as the group stepped out of the dining room, Xue Nizi came running over, carrying a basket on her back and calling out to them.
Han Minghai quickly took the basket and carried it on his back.
Shanxing and Sanwang's eleven children are going together.
The others were Zhang Deshui, Han Minghai, Xuan Shen, and Manager Hua.
The Crown Prince and Su Beisheng will also be going.
The prince's poison has now been completely eliminated; he only needs to recuperate from the damage caused by the poison.
Bai Houpu couldn't figure out whether it was the Crown Prince's good physical condition, his superior pharmaceutical skills, or the superior medicinal properties of the herbs in Calabash Valley.
Anyway, the medicine used to detoxify the prince was surprisingly effective!
Later, he suddenly realized that all these herbs were brought to him by Scrophularia.
Later, they also brought water from several water bags.
He repeatedly instructed him that whenever he was preparing medicine or pills for the Crown Prince, he must use this water.
If he runs out of water, he should go directly to Li Lanzhen to ask for more.
Suddenly, a realization dawned on him: That's more like it!
From the first time he met Li Lanzhen until he had lived here for so long.
I always felt that Li Lanzhen was a very mysterious woman.
Including so many buildings, grains, and vegetable seeds in Peach Blossom Spring that he had never seen before.
He was also intrigued by the village management system based on work points!
After figuring this out, Bai Houpu was very happy and relaxed.
He began to analyze and identify the water in the water bag that Li Lanzhen had given him using his own methods.
Check if any special herbs have been added.
Several attempts yielded no results.
Later he discovered that the medicinal effects of both the Scrophularia ningpoensis and the herbs that Li Lanzhen gave him were much higher than those of the herbs he picked in the Calabash Valley!
He knew this was the end of it, so he stopped investigating where they got the herbs. He simply brewed them into pills and a medicinal soup for the prince to take, and that was it.
In the past few days, Li Lanzhen found an opportunity to give the Crown Prince and Su Beisheng water containing half a pill of the "power pill".
After the two finished drinking the water, they woke up the next morning feeling full of energy and that their martial arts skills had improved by 10%!
Su Beisheng opened his mouth to ask the Crown Prince the reason, but when he met the Crown Prince's stern gaze, he quickly shut up and never asked again.
Li Lanzhen had given the Crown Prince the power pills after much deliberation.
Since we've already saved his life, let's give him a superhuman kung fu skill as well.
After all, he is the crown prince of a country. If he is in good health, he will be full of energy to govern the country and serve the people in the future.
So far, Li Lanzhen has found the Crown Prince to be a good person.
He is diligent in learning and asking questions, and treats everyone around him with kindness.
After he woke up, Li Lanzhen didn't know how to address him.
When no one was around, she would bow and call out to the Crown Prince, but the Crown Prince stopped her the first time.
"Aunt Lanzhen, you are my savior. You can just call me Hao'er."
Li Lanzhen knew that the Crown Prince's name was Li Ruihao.
"Yes, Your Highness, from now on I will call you Hao'er."
The crown prince was exceptionally happy that day.
Several guards followed behind them, two of whom were the Crown Prince's personal guards, while the others were brought along by Xuan Shen and Manager Hua.
Pear Tree Village is located in the southeast of Peach Blossom Spring.
The river is only a short distance away, requiring crossing a high mountain, making it inconvenient to travel by water from Lishu Village.
Only by traversing mountains and valleys can one leave the mountains and reach Youzhou City.
Fortunately, from Peach Blossom Spring to Pear Tree Village, you only need to go through a valley with two bends and cross a small hill to reach it.
Standing on the small hill, you can see that the hills surrounding Lishu Village are covered with pear trees.
The pear blossoms were in full bloom at this time, their pale pink and snow-white petals spreading out in patches.
A breeze carries a faint floral fragrance.
"Shanxing'er, how do the pears from these pear trees taste?"
"It tastes sweet, but the pears are very small. They're only about the size of my fist."
Li Lanzhen grasped Shanxing's hand, who was standing beside her.
Hmm, it's really small!
Sanwang pointed to a grove of pear trees in the distance and said.
"Auntie, my grandfather said that the pears from these trees taste sweet because there is an underground river here."
These rivers nourish them, which is why the pears are so sweet and thirst-quenching.
Sanwang turned to look at Li Lanzhen, "Auntie, it would be even better if we could graft these pear trees so that the pears would be bigger!"
As the snow melts and temperatures rise, Li Lanzhen begins grafting peach trees into the peach orchard.
The children also went to the peach orchard in Peach Blossom Spring and participated in the grafting of peach trees.
They found it amazing and discussed it enthusiastically when they returned to their courtyard.
"If we could graft all the pear trees in our village, the pears they would bear would be big and sweet, that would be wonderful!"
Li Lanzhen looked at the pear trees covering the hillsides in the distance.
"That's possible, but we can only graft after the pears are harvested this year."
She had already thought about it. There were more than a dozen apple trees planted in the space. She thought that if she grafted apple trees with pear trees, the fruits would be big and sweet.
As Zhang Deshui walked, he observed the ground, occasionally squatting down to grab handfuls of soil, squeeze them, look at them, and smell them.
After entering the village, he said to Sanwang.
“Sanwang, there is very little arable land in Lishu Village, and the land is barren.”
Life was tough for you in this village before!
His words reminded the children of their parents and relatives, and their eyes welled up with tears.
Sanwang nodded. "Yes, the land in our Lishu Village is barren, and there is very little land that can be used to grow grains and vegetables."
So we carefully tended to these pear trees, and in the autumn, we harvested the pears, transported them to Youzhou City to sell, and then used the proceeds to buy grain to pay taxes.
Everyone remained silent, which showed how difficult life was for the people of Lishu Village!
Shanxing and the others led everyone directly to the ancestral hall.
Sanwang took out a key from his chest and opened the door of the ancestral hall. The courtyard and hall inside were very clean.
The children worked quickly and efficiently, drawing water from the well in the courtyard of the ancestral hall and boiling it in the kitchen next door for everyone to drink.
After the snow and ice melted this year, Li Lanzhen instructed Han Minghai to bring the children over regularly to clean the ancestral hall.
She asked the children if they needed their ancestral tablets put back inside.
After discussing it, the children told her not to leave it there for the time being, because no one lived there and they were afraid it would be damaged by someone who broke in.
Zhang Deshui drank half a bowl of water and said, "Although the land here is barren, there is no problem in growing sweet potatoes, potatoes, and soybeans."
I estimate there are about 3,000 mu (approximately 200 hectares) of arable land here. It's just too barren.
“Alright, let’s cultivate the land first and plant sweet potatoes, then we’ll talk about potatoes later,” Li Lanzhen replied.
Manager Hua looked at Sanwang and asked, "Sanwang, how many households and courtyards are there in the village? How many families can live there?"
"Manager Hua, there are 13 households in total, and 13 courtyards."
After he finished asking his questions, Li Lanzhen told the children.
"Shanxing, Sanwang, children, everyone in our Peach Blossom Spring has registered their household registration in Pear Tree Village."
But it won't work if no one lives here.
So I want to buy a few houses for servants to live in this pear tree village, where they can grow sweet potatoes, potatoes, and some beans, and manage the pear trees on the mountain.”
The children exchanged glances, and Sanwang nodded.
"Okay, Auntie, you decide what to do."
“In that case, you can still place your ancestral memorial archway in this ancestral hall.”
"I can hire someone to clean for you regularly, or you can come over every ten days or half a month," Li Lanzhen suggested to them.
"I will stay here and guard the ancestral hall!"
A boy stood up and addressed the group.
Li Lanzhen knew that the child's name was Dunzi. He had suffered from polio since childhood, so his leg had always been lame. He should be 15 years old this year.
"No, Dunzi, how can we leave you here alone?"
"We agreed to stand together through thick and thin, and not abandon anyone!"
The other children also shook their heads, firmly disagreeing with him staying there alone.
Just as they were arguing fiercely, a girl's weak voice spoke up.
"I'll stay here with Dunzi to guard the ancestral hall."
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