When King Wu suddenly entered the city, the people avoided it, and some of them stood down on the side of the street, or knelt down, bowed their heads, and did not dare to speak. Some womanizers will secretly throw out a cat's tongue-like gaze and lick Shih Tzu from afar.

King Wu dismounted, handed over the reins to the soldiers, and walked on foot, and Xi Shi also got off the car and walked beside King Wu.

King Wu said, "Madam, where do you say we are going to ask for food?" ”

Xi Shi said: "King, it's good to ask for a few at will, don't deliberately, don't have too much, just a handful of grain for each family." ”

King Wu said, "This is the best. You see, the gate of this house on the side of the road is not closed, and we will go over. ”

When the family saw King Wu and Xi Shi coming, they were so frightened that they didn't know what to do. Several members of the family knelt down in unison and kept kowtowing: "The king spares his life, and the villain has not made a mistake." ”

King Wu laughed and said, "Get up, get up." ”

Xi Shi smiled and said, "Get up and talk, we're just here to ask you for a little favor." ”

An old man in the house said, "Don't say anything about helping, the king and the lady, if you have something to say." ”

Xi Shi said: "Old man, I want to ask, have you received the food for disaster relief from the imperial court not long ago?" ”

The old man said, "Mrs. Hui, we thank the king for his grace and have received eighty pounds of wheat. ”

Xi Shi said, "Have you finished eating this grain?"

The old man said, "Mrs. Hui, I haven't finished eating yet." ”

Shih Tzu said, "Shall I ask you for a handful?" Not much, just one handful. ”

"Okay!"

The old man ran home, and after a while, he brought out half a pot of wheat: "Madame can take it as she like." ”

Shih Tzu said, "Don't do so much. I said, just a handful. ”

He reached out and grabbed a handful of wheat and handed it to the maid beside her, who put it into a cloth bag that she had prepared. Shih Tzu said, "Bring it." ”

The maid took out the silver horns she had prepared before, and handed them to the old man, saying, "If you take your grain, I should give you money, please accept it." ”

The old man was taken aback: "Madam, just a handful of food, how can you ask for money, and so much." ”

Xi Shi said, "You're welcome, old man, it should be the king's grace." ”

King Wu said, "Take it, old man." The old man took the silver horn with great gratitude, and shouted to his family: "Don't be stunned, hurry up and kowtow to the king and his wife." ”

So the family knelt on the ground together and kowtowed to King Wu and Xi Shi.

Xi Shi panicked, and hurriedly stepped forward to support the old man: "Old man, don't be like this, everyone hurry up, don't be like this." ”

Accompanied by Xi Shi, King Wu went around Gusu City and visited more than a dozen households at random, and as usual, each family asked for a handful of wheat. Each family gives a little money.

This incident immediately caused a sensation in the capital. No one knew why the king and the lady of Changguo wanted each family to have a handful of grain, but each family received a rich gift. Everyone was moved to tears by the king's act of proximity to the people.

In fact, the common people are better fooled. Be a little nicer to them. They will be grateful. Seeing the common people like this, King Wu felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

Xi Shi asked the maid, "How many homes have we visited?" ”

The maid said, "We have visited fifteen houses. ”

Xi Shi said: "King, I don't think there are many more, these fifteen families live evenly in all corners of Gusu City, which should be representative." ”

King Wu said, "Okay." That's all we have to do. Let's go back. ”

So Xi Shi got on the car, and King Wu got on the horse. Under the escort of the march, he returned to Gusutai. It was reported: "Lunch has been prepared, and the king and his wife can eat." ”

King Wu said, "Okay, let's eat, eat, and we plant wheat." ”

Had lunch. Xi Shi took King Wu to find a place in the yard with thicker soil, pulled out the weeds by himself, and plowed the land again to make it smooth. It's ready to be planted.

Xi Shi is a child from a peasant family, before coming to Wu Palace, he worked in the fields all day, although he has not done farm work for so many years, but the skills he has practiced since childhood are still there, and he still has the appearance to do his work.

And King Wu grew up in the court, and since he was a child, he has been studying and practicing martial arts, and all he learned was how to kill. I don't know anything about farm work, and after a few times, I am also clumsy.

Seeing that the land was ready, King Wu said, "Madam, can you plant?" ”

Shih Tzu said, "Wait." King, we are wheat and grain returned from the Yue Kingdom. None of the wheat planted by the common people before germinated and emerged, so we planted this wheat in order to verify whether the wheat was manipulated by the Yue Kingdom. Therefore, this matter should be cautious, and the concubines thought that the king should worship the god grain before sowing seeds. ”

King Wu patted his head and said, "If it weren't for Madame's reminder, the widow would have forgotten this layer." Come! Prepare incense tables, put offerings, and wait for the widows to worship the god of grains. ”

When the chamberlains received the order, they immediately brought out a desk, placed offerings, lit incense and candles, and placed seats behind the table. After packing up, he bowed his head and stepped aside.

King Wu stretched the placket, held the collar, dusted off the sleeves, and straightened the crown, and then knelt down, palms up, and touched the ground with his forehead, like three.

Then he knelt and prayed: "The emperor and the queen of the earth, the gods of the past, the people and the kings sent to worship the great god of Sigu." The husband has collected some wheat this day. Sow seeds in the ground to verify that the seed can emerge. Please God bless you and give you a just result, and please bless Wu Guo's wind and rain and abundant harvest. The husband should sacrifice with five grains and three animals. Feast! ”

He kowtowed again and again, and then he got up. Pour a glass of wine on the ground. This is the completion of the ceremony.

Next, Shih Tzu sprinkled the wheat seeds evenly on the ground, covered them with soil, and the small experimental field was planted.

King Wu said: "Okay, the crops are planted, let's wait for the results slowly, madam, you are an expert, how many days will it take for the wheat to sprout normally?" ”

Xi Shi said: "I heard my father say at home that if the wheat is sown at the right time, it will emerge in seven to ten days. However, it is now past the agricultural season, and it is estimated that it will take 10 to 15 days for the seedlings to emerge. ”

King Wu said, "Okay, let's wait ten to fifteen days, and then we will have the results." ”

In the following days, King Wu and Xi Shi had to inspect this experimental field several times a day. When King Wu saw that the soil on the surface was dry, he wanted to water it. Xi Shi said, "Wait, wait for me to take a look." ”

He squatted down, picked up the dirt with his hands, looked at it for a while, and said, "Look, king, it's just that the top layer is a little dry, and the bottom layer is not dry, and it doesn't affect the germination." If you water too much, the wheat seeds will rot, and the seedlings will really not emerge. ”

King Wu smiled: "It makes sense." Madame, where did you get all this knowledge? ”

Xi Shi blushed and smiled: "The king forgot? Xi Shi is actually a village girl who grows crops in the countryside. Can you not know how to grow crops? ”

King Wu said: "Amazing, capable." ”。

Shih Tzu said, "That's the worst thing to do." Although you don't know how to grow crops, the whole world is not the king's land, and the whole world is yours. ”

King Wu smiled: "That's what I said." Growing crops is really a useless skill. ”