Zhang Zhen agreed to Liu Shangshu's request with a smile, sent him out of the village, and sent him away with anticipation.

Soon two horsemen came galloping, one carrying a shovel and the other carrying a brocade box, and first politely explained their intention to the tenants, and then began to dig up the wheat seedlings.

After a few strokes, he dug up two feet of wheat seedlings, but the brocade box was a wooden box.

It looked about the same size as the one on which the scroll was placed, and judging by the newness, it was clearly freshly made, stuffed with cotton, and a small piece of cloth folded.

The cotton and cloth were taken out, and the two guards arranged the wheat seedlings as they were, covered them with cloth, stuffed the cotton, and finally compacted them with broken soil.

After Zhang Zhen heard about it, he was only expecting Zhang Guowei's reaction, and he didn't expect the governor's actions at all.

Ten days later, a horse came galloping, and the tenants met them as usual, but before they could get closer, they heard a 'poof', and the knight on the horse fell.

The two tenants hurriedly helped him up, and saw that the man's face was stained with blood on one side and dust on the other.

This person was wearing an official robe, and the two tenants were a little panicked, and when they were in a panic, they heard the official ask: "Thank you two strong men, by asking, the field in front is owned by Mr. Zhang Zhen Zhang of Wanghu Village, Nanyang?" ”

The tenant replied, "That's my young master!" This adult, or the villain will help you go to the village to wash! You are now bloodstained with blood, don't stain your official robes. ”

The official said eagerly: "This official has ridden for more than 2,000 miles, just to see this wheat seedling, this meter is nothing, hurry up and take me to see it." ”

The two of them were helpless, so they had to hold him and look at it, and they saw him squatting on the ground and pulling his hands, sometimes nodding like a caress, sometimes staring at him contemplatively, and his expression changed very quickly.

There were tenants in the distance who saw that there was something strange here, and soon a few came over, and heard that this might be the governor, so they hurriedly reported it to Zhang Zhen.

Hearing the news, Zhang Zhen was also stunned, although he didn't know what Liu Shangshu wrote in the letter to Zhang Guowei, but the dignified governor of the ten prefectures, only with those few wheat seedlings can travel one or two thousand miles to come, this enthusiasm, not the real compassion for the people, can not come at all.

Isn't this 'planting a plane tree to attract a phoenix'? Such a person is afraid that he is even more noble than recorded in the history books, and he is definitely worth recruiting!

With a plan, Zhang Zhen tidied up his clothes, and after careful questioning, he heard that Zhang Guowei fell from his horse and fell all over his face, which was not trivial.

In a hurry, someone went to ask for a doctor, and then instructed Zhang Huanghe to carry a bucket of well water, take a basin and accompany him, and clean the wound first, don't get infected again, leave a scar or something, that is his own sin.

The distance of 100 zhang was a mile back and forth, and when Zhang Zhen rushed there, Zhang Guowei was still squatting on the ground to watch.

Zhang Zhen asked politely, "But Lord Zhang?" ”

Being alarmed, Zhang Guowei got up, looked around, and there were already one or twenty people around him, and the handsome young man with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes should be Zhang Zhen mentioned in the letter from his friend.

Knowing this, Zhang Guowei smiled: "It's Guowei, you are the Mr. Zhang written by Liu Shangshu, right?" It just so happened that I had something to ask my husband. ”

Zhang Zhen hurriedly said: "Don't dare to ask for advice, adults face to face, and don't dare to call yourself Mr. ”

Looking at the blood mud on his face, Zhang Zhen was extremely distressed, took the basin with his own hands, and persuaded: "Adults wash their faces first, clean the wounds so as not to leave scars, if we have something to say, let's go to the village and drink tea and talk about it." ”

Others don't know, Xia Zhongyong and Zhang Huanghe are very clear, compared to the vigilance of Liu Shangshu everywhere, the lord is too close to this Governor Zhang, completely from the heart, personally serving the water to wash his face, personally helping back to the village, such kindness, I am afraid that there will be no second in this world.

Since Liu Shangshu sent Mai Miao away, the two of them also knew the deeds of the governor of the Ten Mansions, who was born in poverty, and he really admired such a good official, Zhang Zhen treated the governor well, and it was too late for the two to be happy.

Back in the compound, Zhang Zhen helped Zhang Guowei to the main seat and sat down, he sat in the guest seat, and the tea was immediately served, Zhang Guowei took a sip to show courtesy, and couldn't wait to ask: "Xiaozhen, your wheat seedlings are extraordinary whether they are tillers or roots, so what is the reason?" I can't figure it out. ”

On the way back, Zhang Zhen had already thought in his heart, how to plant seeds in the bottom of this heart, and now the other party asked, Zhang Zhen said with a smile: "This grain harvest is nothing more than a few, one is that the seeds are excellent, the second is timely water and fertilizer, the third is to remove insects and weeds, and the fourth is that the heavens are beautiful, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Guowei nodded in agreement: "That's right, I see that the soil in your field is fertile and strong, as Liu Shangshu said, if you cover the land with pond mud, the fertilizer effect is not inferior to that of the southern paddy field, so you will lay the foundation, even so, this seedling will not be so strong, and the seedling is mixed with weak seedlings, that is an ordinary good seed, right?" ”

Zhang Zhen nodded affirmatively and smiled: "Adults are as wise as torches, this kind of son is like a folk marriage, that aunt and cousin, I don't know if the adults have noticed, compared to ordinary marriages, the children born of relatives and relatives have many disabilities, my kind of son is to avoid these, simply put, it is hybridization!" ”

This hybridization is a concept two or three hundred years later, and who here has heard of it? As soon as these words came out, they were directly shocked on the spot.

If other officials were present, they would have taken Zhang Zhen down on the spot with a sentence of 'great rebellion', this Zhang Guowei was just stunned, and quickly fell into deep thought, and asked for a long time: "What is going on with this hybridization?" To put it boldly, as long as there is reason and evidence, the grain yield can be increased so that the people can be fed and clothed, even if it is spread, the official will take my head as a guarantee for you! ”

Zhang Zhen said with a smile: "My lord has a heart, this wheat is subtle, not easy to distinguish, let's take the corn corn as an example, the corn has the sky cherry blossoms, the cob has corn stalks, and the seeds themselves are the powder on the sky cherry blossoms falling on the whiskers, which is considered the world's copulation, let's cut off the sky cherry blossoms before the powder falls, and replace them with the powder of other corn and sprinkle them on the whiskers, which is the simplest hybridization." ”

"So you'll be able to have a good harvest?" Zhang Guowei was a little incredulous, this is against the way of survival of all things, and in order for the people to accept it, we must ask clearly.

"Hybridization seeks seeds, not abundant yields!" Zhang Zhen said affirmatively: "Hybrids may have a higher yield, most of them are mediocre or even lower, it depends on the direction we want to cultivate, the seeds that come out may be lodging resistant, may be drought and flood resistant, or may be insect pest resistant, and the hybrid seeds are planted to seek a bumper yield!" ”

Can also resist lodging, drought and flood, and insect pests?! Hearing Zhang Zhen's words, Zhang Guowei, the first agricultural and water conservancy expert in the Ming Dynasty, was completely blindsided.