July.

Yong County.

On the land of Chu, the wheat has already been harvested, the corn has been planted, and the green corn has broken through the soil.

Xu Xing, who had returned to Chu for more than two years, had just finished today's work at this time, wiping the sweat on his face and walking towards the edge of the field.

When he came to the field, Chen Liang, who had already been prepared, immediately respectfully handed over a scoop of water: "Sir, please drink water." ”

Xu Xing took the water scoop, then drank the water down, and then exhaled a long breath, as if he was spitting out all the fatigue of today.

After a pause, Xu Xing asked, "Liang, I don't know how you went to the county seat to sell wheat today, and has there been any change in the price at which Chu State purchased wheat rice?" ”

Chen Liang showed a hint of a smile and replied: "Mr. Hui, the price of wheat and rice has not changed, and it is still the same as last year's harvest season, maintaining at thirty-three yuan!" ”

"So is there any unusual news about Maimi coming out of various places now?"

Chen Liang listened to Xu Xing's inquiry, and naturally knew what Xu Xing was asking.

The state of Chu elevated the status of Maimi so much, but Xu Xing did not know the deep meaning, so he naturally paid attention to this matter from time to time.

"Sir, the student has made a special inquiry, and now there is no special news coming out from all parts of the Chu State. If there must be one, then now the people of Qi and Chu have already made flour at home, and then accumulated a certain amount before selling it together. ”

"Nowadays, the price of flour in Qi and Chu has fallen because of the people's cooking. In addition, because countries such as Sanjin and Qin Yan do not promote flour and even restrict flour, the price of flour in these countries is still very expensive. ”

"According to the news from the student's friend, since the beginning of the year, Qi and Chu began to sell a small amount of flour to various countries, and after a year, after the flour making method spread among the people, the amount of flour sold by Qi and Chu to various countries has increased significantly."

"Hmm!" Xu Xing nodded, but he was still hesitating in his heart, if the Chu State just wanted to sell flour for a profit, there was no need to vigorously encourage the people to grow wheat and rice.

How many nobles in the world can afford to eat flour, and now the wheat and rice harvested every year in Chu State, if all of them are made into flour, it will be enough for all the nobles in the world to eat for a few years, so there is no need to continue to encourage the people to plant wheat and rice.

What's more, the price of wheat and rice in Chu has not only never been lower than thirty yuan in recent years, but also rose sharply during the last war of various countries, rising to fifty yuan, and then falling back to thirty yuan with the end of the war.

Since he Xu Xing returned to the Chu State, the price of wheat and rice has not been lower than the price of corn, which is really a rare thing.

What's even more strange is that the state of Chu actually changed the tax law, and even changed to use wheat to deduct the tax of corn, after this tax law reached Xu Xing's ears, Xu Xing was sure that Chu definitely mastered a big secret of wheat rice.

It's just that Xu Xing never figured out what this secret was.

Later, when Chu Guosi defeated Tang Wu in Shou County's Juntun, a large amount of wheat was planted, which had confirmed Xu Xing's speculation.

It's just that he couldn't figure out the mystery, so Xu Xing had no choice but to hold his mind.

Seeing that Xu Xing finished his contemplation, Chen Liang smiled and saluted him: "Congratulations, Mr., Mr. Hexi." ”

Xu Xing was stunned and asked puzzledly, "Where does the joy come from?" ”

Chen Liang replied: "Sir, this time the students went to the city to sell grain, and listened to the people in the city say that after the wheat and rice harvest in Yongxian County this year, it was rated as the first among all counties in Chu State, so the King of Chu decided to reward Yongxian Yin, give 100 gold, and be promoted to the first level. ”

In addition, the matter of Mr. leading the people of Yongxian County to plant wheat has also reached the ears of the King of Chu, so the King of Chu decided to give Mr. 50 gold. And, listening to the discussion of the people, it seems that the king of Chu intends to see Mr. and intends to invite him to Yingdu for a while. ”

"What? Is this true? ”

"So, with this reward, we can buy cattle!"

"The King of Chu wants to see Mr."

“···”

Everyone was discussing, although the focus was different, all of them showed disbelief, and asked Chen Liang about the truth of this matter.

After Xu Xing was stunned for a moment, he shook his head with a smile and said: "The king of Chu wants to see me, a common man, this shouldn't be the people's rumors!" ”

He has been in the Chu State for decades, what is the situation in the Chu State, is he still not clear?

This is simply impossible in the state of Chu.

Chen Liang responded: "Sir, I heard that the student came to Yongxian County this time to announce the reward of the King of Chu, and it was Doctor Zuo Cheng. If it was just to announce the reward of the king of Chu, it was enough to send a messenger, and there was no need for the doctor Zuo Cheng to come in person. Therefore, the student thought that this matter should be true. ”

Hearing that the King of Chu sent a doctor to come, Xu Xing couldn't help frowning and hesitated: "This ······"

Of course, Xu Xing would not think that the king of Chu would hear his virtuous name, and then invited him to Yingdu to ask for advice.

If this was the case, the king of Chu would have invited him to Yingdu a long time ago, so why wait until now.

Xu Xing was mixed in the Chu State in his early years, promoting the ideas of the peasants, or not only he Xu Xing, but also many sages of the peasant families, all of whom propagated their ideas in the Chu State.

However, it is a pity that the kings of Chu in the past dynasties have never adopted the idea of the peasants, and even the changes of Wu Qi and Chu have also ignored the peasants.

Xu Xing's questions were all his disciples, among them, Chen Xing thought for a while and said, "Sir, the student guesses whether this will be the King of Chu's move to sell his reputation and reputation." ”

Chen Liang nodded approvingly when he heard this, he worshiped two gentlemen successively, the former Confucian sage Chen Xiang, and the current farmer Xu Xing, all of whom were from the Chu State, and none of them received any attention in the Chu State, and he knew a lot about the situation in the Chu State.

Xu Xing sighed: "You are in a state of confusion, now that the news has not been confirmed, why should you guess what the King of Chu thinks!" Besides, you don't know the situation in the Chu Kingdom, even if the King of Chu really invites me to go for a while, will he follow my advice and go down to the fields to cultivate in person! ”

When the doormen heard this, they all bowed and said, "Mr. is taught!" ”

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Three days later in the morning.

After the doctor Zuo Cheng used the morning food, he got into the carriage and was suddenly sleepy. Stretched, yawned, and recalled the Yue Nu given to him by Yongxian Yin last night, and couldn't help but feel a wave in his heart, and then felt tired.

The carriage was followed by several guards, with one or two carriages, loaded with fifty gold and copper coins, facing the sun, leisurely out of the county seat of Yongxian, under the guidance of a guide, the royal man drove to Xu Xing's residence.

An hour later, the carriage stopped outside Xu Xing's residence.

After Zuo Cheng got out of the car, he saw that the surroundings were empty and no one came to greet him, so he immediately disliked it and asked, "Is this the residence of Na Xu Xing?" ”

The guide hurriedly bowed his head and replied: "Back to the messenger, this is Xu Zi's residence." ”

Hearing this, Zuo Cheng asked, "So yesterday, did you inform Xu Xing that the envoy was going to announce the king's edict to Xu Xing today?" ”

The guide replied: "Back to the messenger, Xu Zi has been informed yesterday. ”

Zuo Cheng said angrily when he heard this: "Then why didn't you see Xu Xing come to greet him and accept the king's edict!" ”

"This..." The guide hurriedly bowed down: "Please forgive the messenger, the villain really doesn't know what the reason is." ”