"This, the villain will inform the county magistrate, the sixth prince, you can rest assured." After the little guy finished speaking, he retreated.

Gu Xizhou helped his head, and suddenly felt a headache, embattled on the string, if he lost a few more generals, then he would be completely incapable of fighting with Gu Jianglin.

On the surface, the emperor seems to be biased towards himself, but in fact, after the flood, Gu Jianglin has done a good job, and if the dam is built, then he will definitely be more appreciated by the emperor, and the emperor will definitely give priority to appointing him as the prince, and he will have no hope at all.

Sometimes he even felt confused, he didn't know what to do, and there were few people available inside and outside the court.

He supported his forehead in distress, lay on the bed, the moonlight outside shone like water, he felt a little sleepless, called someone to bring a few jars of good wine, drunk before resting, the night was over.

As soon as Zhou Zheng finished the parts and assembled a new water wheel pump, the village chief came.

It seemed that he had come to answer, so Xi Duyun asked people to invite him in, and the village chief took off his hat, smiled and said, "I have asked several nearby villages, and they all agree that if the rice price rises well, they are willing to give you five percent of one acre of land." ”

"They agreed so easily?" Xi Duyun was a little surprised, she actually felt that the offer of five percent was a bit high, she just wanted to leave a room for both parties to make a counteroffer.

The village chief nodded, "In fact, everyone has been very tired over the years, living in a high place with little water source, sometimes, the field needs to be watered, and you have to carry water from the mountain, from the well to carry water, not to mention that you can't grow rice, the grain yield is high, the price is high, the big guys want to live in the sleepy source is a problem, there is no way to solve it, you solve this problem for them, the big guys are naturally very happy." ”

Xi Duyun nodded, "How many acres of land do you need to use in your hands?" ”

"There are more than 100 acres of villages combined, but the villages are quite scattered." The village chief said.

More than 100 acres, Xi Duyun roughly calculated, if two water wheel pumps are placed, this year is indeed profitable, and there is a surplus, when the time comes, these grains can also be sold at a low price, if you have the ability, you can even donate it to those victims.

"Okay, then I'll write the contract, you take it back and let the head of each village sign it, and then every household must press a handprint." Xi Duyun said.

The village chief nodded hurriedly, "Okay." ”

Xi Duyun simply drafted a contract, and the village chief waited on the side, and said happily: "In the past two days, the big guy is ready to sow seeds, and after planting, some rice and fish fry will be sown in it, and you can catch fish to eat in autumn." ”

"That's good, when the time comes, I'll taste the fatness of this rice fish." Xi Duyun said with a smile that he quickly wrote the contract, handed it to the village chief and said: "There are two copies here, one of which I have already signed, you bring it back and let them draw a handprint to sign, and then bring the other one back to me, everyone has a guarantee, and the psychology is also solid." ”

The village chief took the contract and put it in his sleeve, "Actually, the big guy doesn't have anything to worry about you, you have helped me so much." ”

"It's just for peace of mind." Xi Duyun said with a smile: "Other villages have to trouble you to make an extra trip, I'll go to the orchard of Li Hua's family in Nancun to have a look, and then you can come directly to the village to find me." ”

The village chief buttoned up his hat and nodded hurriedly, "Okay, I see." ”

When Xi Duyun went, the plum flowers were watering, the weather had been a little warmer in the past two days, and new shoots had sprouted on the trees. Search

Seeing her coming, Li Hua hurriedly stopped what she was doing, hurriedly walked over, and said with a smile: "Miss Xi, why do you have time to come?" ”

"I asked the village chief in the winter, and said that your fruit trees don't produce high fruit now, right?" Xi Duyun said.

Li Hua sighed, "Many of them are old trees, and the new fruit trees will not grow fruit in two or three years, if they are all replaced, there will be no food for two or three years." ”

Xi Duyun looked at it, "These trees are newly planted, right?" ”

"Yes, we can only replace them little by little, pull out those bad fruit trees, cut down firewood, and plant new ones." Li Hua sighed, this is only to maintain food and clothing every year, and the fruit is not easy to sell, sometimes there is a risk of rotting when picked, and those that cannot be sold can only be fed to pigs and sheep.

Xi Duyun smiled and said, "I have a way to increase the yield of fruit trees, are you willing to try?" ”

"Miss Xi will still do this?" Li Hua said in disbelief.

"Just a little bit." Xi Duyun remembered the grafting technique, and originally wanted to try it when the fruit tree of the Li Hua family was about to sprout, anyway, it was a dead horse to be a live horse doctor, and grafting was much better than cutting down the fruit tree and growing it again for three or five years.

"Then you can give it a try, and if it breaks, it's mine." Li Hua said immediately.

In this way, Xi Duyun really had nothing to scruple about, so he took out a knife, cut off a branch that had just sprouted, cut off two inches under the bark, pulled it out, and then chose a place on the old tree, peeled off the bark, closed the new sprout, and fixed it with a string.

"Will this work?" Li Hua asked.

"This bark is where the nutrients are transported, and as long as the bark is connected, they will grow together over time." Xi Duyun smiled and said, "However, this is also my first experiment, and it is not certain whether it will succeed, otherwise let's use this method to get a few trees first, and see if the new shoots will continue to grow or wither in a few days?" ”

Li Hua nodded, although she was still a little hesitant in her heart, but when she thought that Xi Murong Yun would always come up with so many ingenious skills, she didn't have anything to worry about, so she asked people to get a few more according to the original method, and after Xi Duyun checked them one by one without any problems, she nodded with satisfaction, "This is just the easiest grafting method, which can improve the rate of going abroad, and if there is a chance in the future, you can also combine the two fruit trees to improve the taste and quality of the fruit." ”

"Miss Xi, why are you so much? Can you teach me? Li Hua looked at Xi Muyun with longing eyes and said.

Xi Duyun couldn't laugh or cry, but he also liked Li Hua to be self-motivated, so he nodded and said: "If it succeeds, I will hand over this technology to you, in fact, I just know the principle, this is the first time to do an experiment, if it is broken, don't blame me." ”

"No, no, no." Li Hua hurriedly shook her head, "Those old trees were originally planned to be replaced with a few new fruit trees next year, and if they are broken, they will be broken, and there is no big deal." ”

Seeing her attitude, Xi Duyun relieved herself.

In the end, Li Hua invited her to sit at home again, and when she thought of Li Hua's husband, Xi Duyun still gave up, and waited for the village chief to come and get the contract, looked at it carefully, and there were no problems, so she went home.

The two water wheel pumps made by Zhou Zheng, one of them was handed over to Li Si, and asked him to go out to sell it and see how the effect was, and the other went to the vicinity of Nancun, found the best place to place it, and put the water wheel pump in, and the two water wheel pumps can almost take care of the villages near Nancun, if other villages look good, business will definitely come to the door again, so many villages have been changed to planting rice, so don't worry about too little food next year, not to mention that she can also let Li Si buy these grains, With first-hand resources, he is naturally not afraid of others taking the lead.