Chapter 47 Sowing
When the three of them went out again, Yuying was no longer at the door.
Kangxi's face darkened, and he called the guards to come forward and ask, "Where is the eunuch who was at the door just now?"
Although Yinzhi was curious about why Khan Ama paid so much attention to a little eunuch beside the prince, when he thought about how much Khan Ama cared about the prince, he decided not to make himself unhappy.
"Your Majesty, it seems that he is heading towards Oden." The guard stood aside with his head lowered and his waist bent, and replied respectfully.
After learning Yuying's whereabouts, Kangxi hurried to look for her, fearing that Yuying might accidentally offend someone again, after all, Yuying was only a little eunuch now.
Thinking of this, Kangxi couldn't help feeling annoyed. It was all his fault that he had indulged her too much, which allowed her to do whatever she wanted and even ignore his words!
But fortunately, no one wanted to cause trouble today like the eldest prince did.
When Kangxi arrived, Yuying was standing at the edge of the field, staring at the oxen plowing back and forth in the field.
Kangxi was sulking and walked over with a stern face.
[I really want to eat beef!]
Before I could even react, I was interrupted by this sincere sigh.
Kangxi rarely observed his little noble lady. Was she being abused in the palace? Why did she only think about eating every day?
That shouldn't be the case. Given how favored she is now, shouldn't those smart people in the Imperial Household Department be keeping everything under her control?
It seems that he is still greedy.
If Yuying knew that Kangxi was complaining about her in his heart without blushing or getting annoyed, she would be so aggrieved that she would die.
But who could blame Yuying for not being able to hear his thoughts?
"Khan Ama!" Seeing that Kangxi was still planning to step forward, Yinreng had to remind him that the ministers were still there and Khan Ama didn't know how to restrain himself.
Hearing the noise, Yuying turned around. This time she remembered to bow, "Slave..."
Without waiting for Yuying to move.
"No need to be so polite." Kangxi put his hands behind his back in a pretentious manner.
Of course Yuying wanted to stand if she could avoid kneeling, so she stood up straight and looked at Kangxi as if it was a matter of course.
Yinzhi, who was originally following Kangxi, felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't put it into words.
"Second brother, are you a slave from Khan Ama's side?"
If you don't understand, ask more questions. There's nothing wrong with asking. Yinzhi didn't look disgusted with the prince at all. He approached Yinreng with a silly smile on his face.
Yinreng was not as shameless as him. He glared at him unhappily and said nothing.
I don't want to talk to fools.
The others were attracted by the action here and slowly shifted their attention. Kangxi knew that now was not a good time to continue talking, so he had to put it aside and walked towards the crowd.
After so much trouble, it was finally time to go to the fields. Kangxi changed his mind. Originally, the eldest prince and the crown prince were not required to go to the fields together, but after what happened just now, Kangxi specially allocated a piece of land to the two of them and told them to finish planting the land.
"Son, I will definitely perform well!" Yinzhi agreed readily. After all, this was something Khan Ama had specifically instructed him to do, and it was a sign of respect for him! Although he was still with the prince, Yinzhi glanced at the prince's figure with some disdain.
"Second brother, don't hold me back!"
Yinreng was dumbfounded at this moment.
He didn't expect that he had anything to do with this. It was clear that Khan Ama never let him go down before! It's all the boss's fault!
But I dare not disobey the emperor's order.
The two men each carried a bag of seeds and walked towards the field.
Kangxi looked at the two of them with a look of satisfaction. That's right, Kangxi intended to give the two of them more opportunities to cultivate their brotherly feelings, which led to this.
But the two were not as harmonious as Kangxi had imagined.
"Boss, you should lag behind me half a step." Yinreng rolled his eyes at Yinzhi.
"Hey, you second brother, are you looking for trouble again? Are you still glaring at me? Do you believe me or not..."
"What? Boss, you want to do it again?"
"Humph, I'm magnanimous and won't bother with you!"
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Seeing that everyone was carrying a small cloth bag and going downstairs, Yuying looked left and right but didn't see any sign of seedlings. She wondered how to plant this land.
When I turned around, I saw that everyone took out seeds from cloth bags and scattered them directly in the fields.
Yuying wiped her eyes in disbelief.
No way, is this how the land is planted?
Shouldn't we grow seedlings first?
Yuying slowly moved to the farmer who was watching and asked, "Old man, can we just sow the seeds directly into this field?"
The man looked at Yuying strangely. Seeing Yuying's attire, he realized that she was a eunuch in the palace. It was possible that she didn't know how to farm.
So, he explained to Yuying with a proud look: "That's natural! I, Old Li, have been farming for decades, and no one has more experience than me. You, don't think it's as simple as just sowing seeds in the field, there is a lot of knowledge involved!"
Yuying nodded and listened attentively.
"Of course, not just any seeds will do. These are seeds selected from the fullest ears, and each one is plump. Only seeds like this can grow into the strongest seedlings." Old Li's wrinkled face is full of expectations for a good harvest.
Yuying was silent.
"So what is the yield per acre?"
"Per mu yield!" When talking about this, Old Li's face flushed and he became excited. "That's all thanks to our emperor. Since we have 'Imperial Rice', our current yield has doubled compared to before! It's 2 to 2.5 dan! In the past, we couldn't even think about it!"
Yuying saw that Old Li's eyes were full of awe and gratitude towards Kangxi. Following her gaze, she saw Kangxi bending over and sowing seeds in the field.
Yuying gradually became distracted.
How much is one dan? I think it is 150 jin? If we convert it to jin, the yield of one mu of land is less than 500 jin.
Is this a lot? To Yuying, who has seen hybrid rice yields of thousands of kilograms per mu, this is pitifully small.
Yuying wanted to bring up the issue of increasing production with Kangxi, but how to make a Qing Dynasty person understand the issue of genetic modification was too complicated for Yuying.
"The emperor is a good man. Not only did he give us seeds with higher yields, he also taught us to sprinkle pig and chicken feathers on the fields to make the rice mature faster!"
"A few days ago, he taught us to make clothes with duck feathers, saying that they are called down jackets, which are very warm. Moreover, my family has a lot of ducks, and those wealthy families come to collect duck feathers, and don't want duck meat. It's a great bargain for my whole family! Not only me, but no one in our entire village froze to death this winter! Everyone, I don't know how grateful we are to our emperor in our hearts!"
Yuying didn't expect to hear the follow-up about the down jacket. Hearing that no one was cold, Yuying's heart moved and she wanted to say something.
"What is this talking about?"
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