"Cousin, I've got the watermelon and muskmelon." At the beginning of the year, they each walked into the hall holding a watermelon and a muskmelon, and shouted to Fang Jing.

"Then put it on the table, go get a kitchen knife and cut everything." Fang Jing pointed to the square table, said to the little babies, and called Dachu to go to the stove room to get a kitchen knife, Chen Erlin and his wife still stayed in the stove room, not daring to go to the hall to rest.

Li Shimin and his wife stared at the watermelon on the table, looked at each other, they didn't know the watermelon on the table at all, and they didn't know how to eat it, but it looked very good, not big or small, at least seven or eight catties in size, green and crisp.

Da Chu came over with a kitchen knife and handed it to Fang Jing, who got up and took the kitchen knife and cut the watermelon soaked in cold water into slices.

"Holy Lord, Queen, this is watermelon, eat some at will, you can quench your thirst and quench the heat." Fang Jing handed over two pieces to Li Shimin and his wife, and did not forget to explain in his mouth.

"At the beginning of the year, take four slices for your father and mother to eat, and then take a melon." Fang Jing didn't wait for Li Shimin and his wife to speak, turned to Dachu and said, Dachu and Daying took four slices of watermelon and a melon and went to the stove room.

"Sir, this watermelon is good, sweet, and has a lot of water, but it has toxins? I wonder what the yield is? Is it possible to grow in large quantities? Li Shimin held the watermelon in his hand and ate it, the taste was different from the melon, and after the meal, he ate a piece of watermelon, which was really a fairy-like enjoyment.

"Erlang, don't say that, how could Mr. give us poisonous things, and Mr. doesn't have such a heart." The queen subconsciously reacted and hurriedly said to her husband

"Shengshang, don't worry, if this watermelon is poisonous, I won't plant it, it is planted in some countries in the Western Regions, in terms of yield, if it is fertilized and managed properly, there are still one or two thousand catties per mu, but it can only be eaten as fruit, but it can't be full." Fang Jing listened to Li Shimin's words, and really wanted to smoke Li Shimin in her heart, could it be that my Fang Jing is such a villain? Knowing that it is poisonous and giving it to you?

Maybe Fang Jing is too sensitive, Li Shimin's thoughts may just be that if he plants a large area, if it is poisonous, it will harm the farmers who plant it, and even more harm the people who eat it, so he will ask such questions.

"Sir, don't blame, I'm used to playing right like this in this court, sir." Li Shimin hurriedly remedied.

"Holy Lord, Queen, it's fine." Fang Jing didn't say anything anymore, took the kitchen knife again, and cut all the remaining three watermelons.

The little babies didn't need to shout, they approached the table directly, and each took a piece of watermelon to eat, even the youngest two Li Dexian and Li Mengjiang, they all stretched out to a piece of watermelon, for the melon, the little babies are more fond of watermelon.

Li Shimin and his wife began to look at each other again, and then looked at their own few little babies, this is the same as the little baby of the Zhuang family, there are no rules, there is no etiquette, even some clothes are similar to other little babies, and they are thinking in their hearts, when they return to Chang'an in the future, they must be a wild girl, and they will have to learn this rule again in the future, otherwise, how to become a qualified prince and county lord, these ideas may be very important in the hearts of Li Shimin and his wife, but they also know that in Fang Jing's family, there are not too many rules, The queen is deeply sensitive.

The little babies each held a slice of watermelon, struggling to bite the watermelon with their mouths wide open, and their eyes did not forget to stare at the other watermelon slices that had been cut on the table, thinking that they had to eat it in their hands quickly, so that they could take another slice and eat it again.

Although Fang Jing's family did not plant a lot of watermelons and melons this year, it was only one acre each, and other families in the village basically planted a few ridges of land, but there were not many of them planting one or two acres, just to explain the slander to the little baby in the family.

"Sir, this melon tastes good, next year I will definitely come to ask Mr. for some seeds, plant some in the royal field, and give some to other palace people." After the queen held the watermelon and ate half of it, the watermelon with sufficient water and sweetness can be said to be eaten by the old man and the baby, not to mention the Tang Dynasty people at the moment.

"Queen, this watermelon has just been planted for a year or two, so there may not be too many seeds, but this year I will reserve some seeds, and I will hand them over to the Qian servant to send to Chang'an, the queen can rest assured." Fang Jing's watermelon has not been planted for a long time, and the number of acres planted is not much, most of the watermelons have been eaten, and there can't be too many watermelons that can be planted, but the little babies like to collect the watermelons by themselves, saying that they want to plant them themselves.

"Then I'll thank you, sir." The queen thanked Fang Jing and continued to eat watermelon, staring at her little babies from time to time.

The little babies are spitting while eating, and there is a puddle of juice on the ground, fortunately, Fang Jing has taught the little babies to eat watermelon with their heads down, and try to avoid the juice of the watermelon dripping on the clothes, and the watermelon juice dripping on the clothes will make the clothes have various pattern marks, which is troublesome to wash.

After eating the watermelon, Da Chu went to the stove room and brought a wooden bucket filled with water to wash the hands of the adults and the little babies.

"Dachu, you go and call your uncle and aunt to go back to the house and sleep for a while, don't stay in the stove room." Fang Jing was also helpless, her little uncle and aunt were overly nervous and scared, and she had been staying in the stove room since she had eaten, and she didn't even dare to go back to the back room for a nap.

After answering the beginning, he went to the stove room, and then came back to tell Fang Jing that his parents were not in the stove room, Fang Jing listened, and guessed that it was possible to go to the door, Fang Jing nodded and knew, and shouted that the little babies went to the back room to take a nap, in the hottest season of summer, you can't let the little babies run out to play crazy.

Then Fang Jing accompanied Li Shimin and his wife to sit in the hall and chat, but Qingque and Lizhen did not go to take a nap, and the other little babies had already gone to the back room to take a nap.

From the beginning, when Qingque was notified to come to the Fang Family School in Fangjia Village to study, the resentment in his heart was about to break through his head and shoot straight into the sky, but after arriving at the Fang Family School, he changed many of his previous problems, went to school honestly, and asked Fang Jing to find out some knowledge he wanted to know from Fang Jing every day, and let him enjoy himself every day, but after all, he was far away from Chang'an and his parents for almost half a year, and it was normal to be able to stay by his parents' side for some time.

As the sun turned west, after Chen Erlin and his wife came home, they went out with farm tools again, probably to remove grass or go to the vegetable field to turn the ground, and the little babies basically ended their lunch break, all of them were refreshed, sitting on chairs and staring at everyone.

"Sir, can you take us to the fields?" Li Shimin came to Fangjia Village for the first time, and he had already learned about the goodness of Fangjia Village from Qian Shi's letter, and now that he came to Fangjia Village, he naturally wanted to go to the fields to check it out with his own eyes, so as to witness whether Qian Shi was talking big.

"Okay, Dachu, bring some straw hats, one for everyone, and let's go to the fields and have a look." After Fang Jing listened to Li Shimin's words, he shouted to Da Chu, and then, Da Chu took a lot of straw hats out of the miscellaneous house and distributed them to everyone.

Fang Jing walked out of the hall with his head, made a gesture of invitation to Li Shimin and his wife, and then began to go out to look in the fields, it is not an exaggeration to inspect, each of the little babies wears a rather large straw hat, the big straw hat is specially made for adults, and the little babies with straw hats, at first glance, are actually quite fun, at least they look very cute, especially Li Dexian and Li Mengjiang, the two little girls.

"Sir, are these freshly planted soybeans? Planting soybeans at this time, can there be a harvest? Li Shimin asked, pointing to patches of soybean seedlings.

"Shengshang, yes, these are newly planted soybeans just after harvesting rice, which can be harvested before the arrival of winter, and if you manage it a little and apply some fertilizer, the yield per mu can also reach about one stone." Fang Jing introduced to Li Shimin and his wife that the queen knew some things about Fangjia Village, and she knew very well about soybeans.

Li Shimin and his wife also stopped talking and walked towards the front, this direction was Fang Jing's field, which also made Fang Jing a little drumming in his heart, could it be that Qian Shi wrote a letter to Li Shimin? Tell him that I have grown some crops outside the territory?

Fang Jing wanted to lead Li Shimin and his wife to other places, but it was not easy to speak at the moment, whatever, if you saw it, you saw it, and it was not a big deal, I didn't want to give these seeds, why can you bear with me?

"What is that, sir? Is it sorghum? Why only plant such a small amount of land? Li Shimin saw the corn and sugarcane fields in Fang Jing's field from afar, and pointed to Fang Jing.

"Saint, it is a new crop, which is still being cultivated for the time being, and there are also some sugarcane, which are used as fruits for the little babies to eat." Fang Jing really didn't want Li Shimin to know that he had some new crops, and the little Jiujiu in his heart was also afraid that his new crops would appear in the Tang Dynasty early and affect the course of the entire history.

"New crops? What kind of crop? I know about sugar cane. Li Shimin raised his legs and walked towards the cornfield, talking in his mouth.

"Huh? This is like sorghum, but not sorghum, what is this bag that grows into one by one? Is this the seed of a new crop? After Li Shimin came to the cornfield, he stretched out his hand and asked Fang Jing with a very small corn cob.

"Shengshang, this is called corn, and it is still being cultivated for the time being, so it is a little small, and I think it will take a few years to grow bigger." Fang Jing was helpless, so she had to explain truthfully to Li Shimin.

"Corn? Probably a staple food? What is the current production capacity per mu? How much is the production capacity per mu after cultivation? How long does it take to plant to harvest? Li Shimin casually put down the small corn cob in his hand, stared at the acre of corn, and asked Fang Jing.

"Back to the saint, corn itself is a staple food, produced overseas, the corn yield per mu is only one or two hundred catties temporarily, if better seeds are cultivated, with sufficient fertilizer, and proper management, the yield per mu should be about four or five hundred catties, but I don't know yet, but my guess, the time from planting to harvest is a little longer, the time in the south is slightly shorter, but it will also take three or four months, and the north is estimated to be longer, estimated to be about four or five months." Fang Jing introduced to Li Shimin and his wife.

"What? One or two hundred catties per mu? Can a good breed produce four or five hundred catties? Sir didn't lie to me? Li Shimin was shocked when he heard this, this is four or five hundred catties, if this is really four or five hundred catties, then the current Datang can completely get rid of the shortage of food.

"Shengshang, at present, it can only produce one or two hundred catties, which still has to apply a lot of fertilizer, as well as weeding, and it must be carefully taken care of to achieve, so at present, it can only be cultivated first, and when the good seeds are cultivated, it is estimated that there will be this yield." Fang Jing didn't tell lies, although he didn't dare to say the matter of time, this time to cultivate good seeds is not something that can be done in a year or two years, without a few generations or more than a dozen generations, dozens of generations of more than a seed hybrid, it is impossible to breed excellent seeds.

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